signonsandiego.com - 11/6/2008
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BAGHDAD – Washington will accelerate its plans to reduce the number of combat troops in Iraq by bringing a brigade home this month, six weeks earlier than anticipated, the U.S. military said on Thursday. The 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, based in northwest Baghdad where attacks have ...
confederateyankee.mu.nu - 11/14/2008
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confederateyankee.mu.nu —
Though he'd been on a mission all day
and was about to drop, Mike Yon just called
from Iraq to let me know that the war is over, and we've won. Whatever it is that is left of violence, there...
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"The Iraq War is Over. We Won."
washingtonindependent.com - 11/7/2008
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washingtonindependent.com —
Barely a week ago, the Iraqi government was
refusing to sign a status of forces agreement with
the U.S. military, despite the agreement’s guarantee of a full-scale troop withdrawal by 2011. Prominent Iraqi dignitaries were talking about ...
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Now That Obama’s Elected, Iraq Will Sign Basing Deal
longwarjournal.org - 11/7/2008
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longwarjournal.org —
Abu Ghazwan. Image is from an Iraqi wanted
poster. Iraqi troops scored a blow against al Qaeda
in Iraq's network during a series of operations in the Tarmiyah region. Iraqi soldiers, backed by the local Sons of Iraq and US ...
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Iraqi troops kill senior al Qaeda in Iraq leader
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Neptunus Lex —
... The 2nd Brigade of the101st Airborne is coming home from Iraq (ed: Iraq? Where’s that?) six weeks early: ...
Rakkasans Come Marching home
Mudville Gazette —
... The DoD has also announced that the 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, which had been based in northwest Baghdad, will return home six weeks early. The unit that was scheduled to replace them will ...
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There are some bits that are more interesting than others ("Iraqi airspace control and monitoring will be transferred to the Iraqi authorities immediately as this ...
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attackerman.firedoglake.com 11/27/2008 — A Thanksgiving present from Baghdad: the Iraqi parliament has passed the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) ending the war by 2011. Or, as AFP reports , possibly by May 2010 .
According to AFP, the SOFA's passage comes thanks to the ...
SoI: Anbar
mudvillegazette.com 1/12/2009 — Third in a series, previous entry here .
More from Adam Weinstein, on the near-future of the Sons of Iraq program.
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Get ready to change the name to CryVAW...
mudvillegazette.com 11/21/2008 — As the panties begin inevitable twist : Reporting from Washington -- Antiwar groups and other liberal activists are increasingly concerned at signs that Barack Obama's national security team will be dominated by appointees who favored the Iraq ...
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mudvillegazette.com 1/4/2009 — Adam Ashton of the Modesto Bee reports on a California Guard unit's return to Iraq: Veterans from the first tour describe it as marked by constant roadside attacks and ambiguous results. Some left with mixed feelings about Iraq's future.
"My ...
Mullen: U.S. Would Need More Than 2 Years for Iraq Withdrawal
washingtonpost.com 11/20/2008 — Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, November 17, 2008; 4:43 PM The U.S. military would require two to three years to remove its roughly 150,000 troops and equipment from Iraq safely, and the timing of that withdrawal should be based on security ...
Brigade's exit may help Obama’s Iraq plan —
CNN Political Ticker 11/5/2008
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The U.S. military will reduce the number of troops in Iraq this month as violence has dropped and Iraqi security forces have shown vast improvements, senior military officials told CNN Wednesday.
The military said it is ...
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