To comply with current law, the US has three months to completely withdraw from Iraq. But on Tuesday Iraq's foreign minister said he believes there will soon be a final agreement on keeping thousands of US "trainers" in Iraq past the December deadline outlined in the...
Maliki Aide: Iraq Agrees to Buy 18 F-16 Warplanes From US | $3 billion deal likely to ensure more ‘trainers’ will stay
A series of four blasts killed at least 22 people in the holy city of Karbala, and about 106 others were reported wounded. The first blast, from a car bomb, took place at 9:30 a.m. and targeted civilians waiting outside a government passport and identity agency in the Bab Tweirij district.
US Drones Likely Headed to Turkey to Fight Kurds
The Iraqi cabinet has amended the draft of a much-debated hydrocarbons law, further complicating the delicate political atmosphere. The changes advanced could provoke political hostilities in oil-rich regions north, south and west of Baghdad.
Mullen: US Won’t Ignore Iran ‘Attacks’ in Iraq | Tells Senate Iranian government ‘have been warned’
Iraqi Parliament Speaker: Govt Not Telling MPs About US Troop Deal | Insists Maliki govt offered no briefings
Turkey Bombs More PKK Targets in Iraq | Vows strikes to continue, asks US for help
Sadr: Maliki Building a New Dictatorship | Concern as Maliki orders MP arrested for ‘insulting’ him
Mullen: Iraq Troop Total to Drop to 30,000 by End of September | 10 days left and 44,500 troops still there
