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Army Major General Richard Nash Says Iraqi Forces have been Taking the Lead on Urban Security
It has been a month since U.S. military forces withdrew from Iraqi cities and handed over security responsibilities to their Iraqi counterparts. Since then, U.S. military commanders in Iraq say U.S. troops have worked to support Iraqi forces by providing...
Iraq Army is Ready to Keep Order When U.S. Troops Pull Out
“In the event of U.S. troops pulling out of Iraq, the army is ready to take responsibility for providing security in the country,” Abd al-Qadir has said in an interview with Russia’s RIA Novosti.
US Forces Capture 25 Suspected Terrorists in Iraq
The U.S. military says it has captured a number of key terrorist leaders in a series of operations aimed at weakening al-Qaida in Iraq.
Iraqi Forces Prepare for New Operation in Amarah
Iraqi security forces are preparing for a new offensive targeting what they refer to as “outlaws” in the southern city of Amarah. Helicopters dropped leaflets across the city Saturday urging residents to stay home and not to interfere with...
Letters From Iraq: Go with God, But Go
Ayad Abd has one message for US forces in Iraq. “I say, ‘Americans, take what you want to take from Iraq, take the oil, please, and leave,’” says the 40-year-old electrician and father of four. “Let Iraqis take control of...
Letters From Iraq: Concrete ‘peace’
They call it “the Wall,” and it is the reason for much of what is right and wrong with Baghdad’s war-ravaged neighborhood of Saidiyah. The Wall is a 12-foot tall barrier of about 77,000 concrete blocks that American troops set up last...
Canadian Night Vision Goggles Manufacturer And Two Executives Charged in Scheme to Defraud U.S. Military Procurement Unit for Iraq
An indictment by a federal grand jury in San Francisco was unsealed yesterday against a Canadian night vision goggles manufacturing firm and two of its executives for their role in a scheme to defraud the U.S. military in the supply of equipment for the...
Reports Say Nouri Al-Maliki Admits Defeat in Crack Down on Moqtada Al Sadr’s Mahdi Army in Basra
On Sunday Nouri al-Maliki admitted defeat in his attempt to crack down on Moqtada al Sadr’s Mahdi Army in Basra. Maliki had begun the week demanding that Mahdi forces surrender within 72 hours, calling this “a decisive and final battle.”...
