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Elections in Northern Iraq returned the Kurdish president to power — raising questions about reconciliation efforts in the country.
Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
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Brigadier General Stephen Lanza
Brian Burton of the Center for a New American Security
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President Obama pledges to end get our troops out of Iraq, remain vigilant in Afghanistan and increase the number of soldiers and Marines, as well as their pay.
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BAGHDAD – The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at George W. Bush did not apologize as his trial began Thursday, and instead struck a defiant tone — telling the judges he wanted to hit back at the humiliation Iraq had suffered at U.S. hands.
It was Muntadhar al-Zeidi’s first public appearance since he was arrested [...]
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This year in Iraq is expected to be one of transition as Iraqis head to the polls and Americans serve under a new Commander in Chief.
As violence in Iraq falls to lows rarely seen since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, U.S. forces are increasingly taking a back seat to Iraqi troops under a new bilateral security [...]
Many Iraqis said that shoes hurled at U.S. President George Bush by an Iraqi journalist represented the newly-found democracy advocated by the Americans.
Bush’s unannounced farewell visit to Baghdad on Sunday was aimed at marking the recent passage of a U.S.-Iraq security pact that paves the way for the withdrawal of U.S. forces in three years [...]
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