Showing posts with label baghdad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baghdad. Show all posts

Monday, September 15, 2008

Iraq: " The surge is working" ? Not quite.

By Andrew Gray BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The new U.S. military commander in Iraq must find ways to keep improving security while American troop levels are falling, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Monday as two Baghdad bombings served as a reminder that security in Iraq is still very precarious.

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Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Iraq insists on U.S. withdrawal timetable: official

By Ahmed Rasheed and Mohammed Abbas BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq will not accept any security agreement with the United States unless it includes dates for the withdrawal of foreign forces, the government's national security adviser said on. Bad news for the Bush Administration and of course John McCain.

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