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BBC NEWS | Middle East | US soldiers leave Iraq's cities
news.bbc.co.uk - 6/30/2009
BBC NEWS | Middle East | US soldiers leave Iraq's cities
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US troops have withdrawn from towns and cities in Iraq, six years after the invasion, having formally handed over security duties to new Iraqi forces. A public holiday - National Sovereignty Day - has been declared, and the capital, Baghdad, threw a giant party to mark the eve of the changeover. ...
Iraq withdrawal is mostly done
firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 6/29/2009
Iraq withdrawal is mostly done
— firstread.msnbc.msn.com — From NBC's Jim MiklaszewskiPentagon and military officials report that the withdrawal of most U.S. military forces from Iraq's major cities has been completed a day ahead of tomorrow's deadline. According to the officials, within the past 30 days, 30 ... (more) Iraq withdrawal is mostly done

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latimes.com - 6/29/2009
Is the job done? - Los Angeles Times
— latimes.com — On Tuesday, U.S. troops will leave Iraqi cities in accordance with an agreement negotiated under President Bush. Although President Obama has largely endorsed the Bush timeline for reducing the U.S. military presence in Iraq, far less clear is the ... (more) Is the job done? - Los Angeles Times

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online.wsj.com - 6/30/2009
The Troop Drawdown Could Be Costly for Iraq
— online.wsj.com — MICHAEL RUBIN Today is a milestone in Iraq. Under the terms of the Strategic Framework Agreement, U.S. troops will withdraw from Iraqi cities. In retrospect, however, June 30 will likely mark another milestone: the end of the surge and the relative ... (more) The Troop Drawdown Could Be Costly for Iraq

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Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines:  We’ll Always Have Baghdad

democracyarsenal.org:  NSN Daily Update: 6/30/09

Pajamas Media:  The Next Round in Iraq

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We’ll Always Have Baghdad
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — ... The Iraqi capital threw a party Monday as U.S. troops began pulling out of Iraqi cities. It’s the first step in military’s withdrawal plan that promises to bring U.S. forces home by 2011. But it will be some time before many of the 131,000 troops return and there’s virtually no accounting of the thousands of private contractors and mercenaries. ...

NSN Daily Update: 6/30/09
democracyarsenal.org — ... US troops have withdrawn from Iraqi cities six years after the invasion, having formally handed over security responsibilities in cities to Iraqi forces. Four US soldiers were ...

The Next Round in Iraq
Pajamas Media — With U.S. forces having left Iraqi cities, the battle for the nation's future enters a new and challenging phase. [image] In Iraq, the legacies of the Bush and Obama administrations have become intertwined. Should Iraq spiral into chaos and the U.S. not intervene to save it, the war in Iraq will go down as a massive blunder in the history books, both for the man who started it and the man who was elected to responsibly end it. As U.S. forces complete the withdrawal from Iraq’s cities , the enemies of the West and of Iraq’s democracy are gearing up for the next round in the ...

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