British troops scaled down their presence in Iraq Thursday, ending a six-year combat mission and handing over control of their operations to a U.S. brigade.
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- Taliban seek return to peace deal in Pakistan
The Pakistani Taliban says it wants to return to a peace deal that recently collapsed, sparking an ongoing massive military operation, a spokesman sai...
- Obama to pull combat troops from Iraq in 2010
President Obama tells congressional leaders he is planning to pull all combat troops out of Iraq by August 2010, which falls short of his campaign pro...
- British troops begin Iraq withdrawal
British troops began their formal withdrawal from southern Iraq Tuesday, “marking the beginning of the end of the UK’s six-year combat mis...
- Journalist jailed in Iran may seek pardon
A U.S. journalist imprisoned for spying in Iran may appeal to the Islamic republic’s Supreme Leader for a pardon, her father told CNN on Thursda...
- Sri Lanka orders end to combat operations
Sri Lanka has ordered an end to combat operations against Tamil Tiger rebels in the country’s north, the president’s office said Monday.
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- Obama: Most U.S. troops out of Iraq by Aug. 2010
President Obama said Friday he plans to withdraw most U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of August 2010. “Let me say this as plainly as I can: By ...
- Obama to pull most troops from Iraq by 2010
President Obama said Friday he plans to withdraw most U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of August 2010. “Let me say this as plainly as I can: By ...
- Australia ends combat operations in Iraq
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- U.S. troops kill 6 al Qaeda suspects
U.S. troops killed six suspected al Qaeda terrorists and captured 14 others in operations Saturday and Sunday in central and northern Iraq, the U.S. m...
- Officials: U.S. to pull troops from Iraq in 2010
U.S. President Barack Obama is set to announce in a speech that the U.S. combat mission in Iraq will end in August 2010, two senior administration off...
- Obama reiterates position on Iraq war
Barack Obama calls a second news conference in a single day in North Dakota to reiterate that he is not changing his position on withdrawing all comba...
- Blackwater resuming operations in Iraq
All Blackwater USA operations in Iraq will be back to normal on Saturday, a highly placed industry source told CNN on Friday.
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- Iraq OKs continued presence of foreign troops
Iraq’s parliament on Tuesday approved a resolution that will allow non-U.S. foreign troops to remain in Iraq after a U.N. mandate expires at the...
- Ahmadinejad jeered at anti-racism conference
The opening of a United Nations conference in Switzerland on anti-racism is marred by chaotic scenes as protests and a walkout by delegates disrupt a ...
- Bill to keep foreign troops in Iraq stalls
After heated argument, the Iraqi parliament turns down the first draft of a bill that would have allowed all foreign troops to remain in Iraq after th...
- Estonia’s 34 troops withdrawn from Iraq
The small Baltic nation of Estonia is ending its nearly six-year military operation in Iraq by not replacing its platoon of 34 troops.
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- 12,000 U.S. troops out of Iraq by autumn
Some 12,000 troops will be pulled from Iraq over the next six months as part of a gradual troop withdrawal in the region, the U.S. military said in a ...
- No cut in Iraq troops imminent, general says
Violence is falling in Iraq’s Anbar province, one of the top U.S. commanders in the country said Monday, but that will not mean a significant re...
- Iraq lets British, other troops stay
The Iraqi Presidency Council approved a resolution Sunday that will allow non-U.S. foreign troops to remain in Iraq after a U.N. mandate expires at ye...
- Seven U.S. troops killed in Iraq
Seven U.S. troops were killed in Iraq on Thursday, the U.S. military said on Friday.
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