British
Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday that troops from
the UK will end their six years of combat operations in
Iraq but will keep a small presence in the country to assist
with training Iraqi naval forces.
Brown made his comments after a meeting in London with
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other Iraqi ministers
about investing in the country.
Former Secretary
of State James Baker and former congressman Lee Hamilton, co-chairmen of the 2006
Iraq Study Group, examine Iraq, Afghanistan and President Obama's other foreign
policy challenges.
Elections
for provincial councils, akin to national assemblies, proceeded smoothly Jan.
31 in the first nationwide polls since presidential and parliamentary elections
in 2005. View reports on Iraq's elections in this video collection.
February
2, 2009
Voices
from Iraq February
28, 2009 "We went to Duhok yesterday
but I couldn't take photos outside because of all the rain.
I was dreaming of shooting photos of the sunset but there
wasn't a sun to set in the first place..." A
Star from Mosul
March 23, 2009 "I'm still in Jordan and I
recently applied to the IOM as a refugee trying to get asylum
to the USA, and am still waiting for the jury's answer about
my case..." Nabil's
Blog
April 24, 2009 String
of Bombings in Iraq Underscores Fragile Situation
A string of suicide bombings in Iraq on Thursday and
Friday killed more than 100 people and sparked concerns
of new waves of violence across the country. A reporter
in Baghdad updates the story. April
7, 2009 Obama
Urges Iraqis to Take Larger Role in Security
In an unannounced trip to Iraq Tuesday President Obama
met with national leaders, urging the Iraqis to take
a larger role in controlling the country and reiterating
his pledge to have all military personnel out of the
country by 2011. April
7, 2009 Secretary
of Defense Gates Defends New Budget Priorities
Defense Secretary Robert Gates sits down with Judy
Woodruff to discuss the insurgency in Iraq, the need
for assistance in Afghanistan and shifts in long-term
spending priorities. March 19, 2009 Iraq
Faces Its Future as U.S. Plans Exit
Six years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, the
United States is starting to shape plans for an end
to combat operations in August 2010. Ray Suarez discussed
the future of Iraq with professor Feisal Istrabadi,
foreign affairs columnist Trudy Rubin and Stephen
Biddle of the Council on Foreign Relations. March 10, 2009 Second
Baghdad Bombing in 3 Days Leaves Dozens Dead
A suicide bomber killed at least 33 people and wounded
at least 20 Tuesday in a market on the western outskirts
of Baghdad, in the second major attack in the city
in three days.
