US military chief seeks Turkish support over Iran (AP)
AP – The United States’ top military officer stressed on Saturday the need for Turkey to help enforce United Nations sanctions against Iran aimed at deterring the Islamic Republic from obtaining a nuclear bomb.
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As Iraq combat operations end, US forces try to cement gains (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor – The shrinking US military footprint here is particularly evident in this community south of Baghdad, where a few dozen American soldiers live among 1,000 Iraqi troops in an area crucial to Baghdad’s security.
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Iraqi army needs US help: commanders (AFP)
AFP – Iraq cannot yet sustain its army despite having managed to quell a violent insurgency, US and local commanders told AFP, raising the prospect that American troops will stay on beyond 2011.
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U.S. in final phase of Iraq mission; urges new govt (Reuters)
Reuters – U.S. forces are in the final phase of the Iraq war after ending combat missions, U.S. officials said Wednesday as they urged Iraqi leaders to get on with forming a government six months after an election.
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Oval Office makeoever to debut in Iraq speech (AP)
AP – When President Barack Obama addresses the nation on Iraq, the Oval Office setting will be sporting a new look.
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As U.S. withdraws, Iraqis still live in crisis (Reuters)
Reuters – Kareem Hassan Abboud’s family of seven share a two room house in a makeshift squatter camp in the mainly Shi’ite district of Chukook in northwestern Baghdad. Sewage muddies the dirt road outside.
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Joy and tears greet US Army troops back from Iraq (AFP)
AFP – Mothers cried and children squealed with delight as a company of US troops arrived back from Iraq on Saturday, after a year-long tour marked by desert heat and monotony.
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Obama: Iraq war is ending, Baghdad to chart future (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama said the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq means “the war is ending” and Baghdad is in position “to chart its own course.”
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Iraq gunmen kill three anti-Qaeda militiamen (AFP)
AFP – Gunmen killed three anti-Qaeda militiamen in northern Iraq overnight in the latest revenge attack against the force credited with turning the tide against the jihadists, police said on Friday.
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Iraqis who fought view U.S. exit with mixed feelings (Reuters)
Reuters – Sunni fighter Abu Mujahid lost a leg battling U.S. Marines in the Iraqi city of Falluja, scene of some of the fiercest battles of the Iraq war.
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