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...troops in Iraq beyond the December 2011 withdrawal deadline that the Bush administration had negotiated with the Iraqi government. Actually, the Obama administration tried for many months to win Iraqi agreement to keeping several thousand American...
...of Iraq, where it cut down a proposed residual force to insignificant size before failing to agree on it with the Iraqi government.Whatever its dimensions, a continued U.S. commitment to Afghanistan will be controversial. That's why the...
...be sure, Iran retains great influence in Baghdad. But so do we. Over the course of our talks this summer, the Iraqi government quietly dismantled Iranian-backed militia groups in Maysan province, on the Iranian border. It sent messages...
...meet, or that if it's met artificially by pulling out the remaining troops instantly, chaos will follow. The Iraqi government appears on track to miss its own deadline this weekend for asking the U.S. military to extend the Dec. 31 withdrawal...
...agreement signed during the Bush administration. The Obama administration must ensure that this does not happen.The Iraqi government has a spotty track record in prosecutions, and inmates routinely escape from its shoddy prisons. But what to do...
...violence, the host -- willing or not -- to Palestinian, Sudanese, Libyan and other terrorist groups, along with Iraqi government operatives. The exiled Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden also has connections there. In short, there is no dearth...
...said. Speicher is the only American lost in Iraqi territory who has not been accounted for. After the war, the Iraqi government turned over remains it said were Speicher's, but DNA analysis and blood testing showed they were not his. The...
...who has been killed -- an estimated 343 boys and men -- bearing a $10,000 check. Over the last few days, the Iraqi government also has begun parceling out checks to an estimated 3,000 Palestinians wounded in the fighting: $1,000 for...
...S. and British pilots who regularly patrol the skies over Iraq encounter anti-aircraft fire almost daily. The Iraqi government considers the patrols illegal and in recent months has developed more effective coordination between its early warning...
...directing the CIA to increase support to Iraqi opposition groups and expand intelligence collection efforts within the Iraqi government, The Washington Post reported Sunday. It said the plan also calls for possible use of CIA and U.S. Special Forces...