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2010-09-02 21:18

Iraq 'close' to forming new government: Biden (AFP)

A picture combo shows former Iraqi premier Iyad Allawi (left) during an interview with AFP in his office in Baghdad and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki attending a conference on the development of urban centres at a hotel in Baghdad. Iraq is AFP - Iraq is "close" to forming a new government nearly six months after elections, US Vice President Joe Biden told CBS on Wednesday during a visit to the country.


2010-09-02 21:18

Blair memoir lifts lid on Iraq, alcohol and royals (AFP)

Former British prime minister Tony Blair, pictured in July, said he was AFP - Tony Blair does not regret the Iraq war despite the "nightmare" it unleashed, but he feels "desperately sorry" for those who died, the former British prime minister says in memoirs published on Wednesday.


2010-09-02 21:18

Gates says history will judge worth of Iraq war (AP)

US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates looks out the window of a Blackhawk helicopter as he departs Camp Ramadi in Iraq, Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010. Gates is here to meet with U.S. troops as they formally close down their combat mission. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that history will judge whether the war in Iraq was worth it.


2010-09-02 15:19

FACT CHECK: Is Iraq combat really over for US? (AP)

Iraqi policemen stand guard at a check point in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said the end of American combat operations Tuesday leaves his country independent and an equal to the United States and he assured his people their own security forces will protect them. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Despite President Barack Obama's declaration Tuesday of an end to the combat mission in Iraq, combat almost certainly lies ahead.


2010-09-02 15:19

US forces officially begin new Iraq mission: Biden (AFP)

Iraqi Premier Nuri al-Maliki (R) shakes hands with US Vice-President Joe Biden upon his arrival for a meeting in Baghdad in August 2010. Biden said that American forces had begun a new mission in Iraq, the day after the US combat role in the war-torn country officially came to an end.(AFP/IRAQI PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE-HO/File)AFP - US Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that American forces had begun a new mission in Iraq, a day after the US combat role in the war-torn country officially came to an end.


2010-09-02 15:19

Biden: Time to turn attention from Iraq to economy (AP)

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden leaves an armored vehicle before his meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. Biden made a new appeal to Iraqi leaders Tuesday, including Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, to end the political deadlock and seat a new government. March 7 parliamentary elections left Iraq without a clear winner, and insurgents have since exploited the uncertainty to hammer Iraqi security forces. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday he's confident the various factions in Iraq will form a workable coalition and bring stability to the country, now that the U.S. combat role there has ended.


2010-09-02 09:18

For Gates the US war in Iraq is over but cloud remains (AFP)

US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, seen here in a Blackhawk helicopter as he departs Camp Ramadi in Iraq, said Wednesday that America's war in Iraq is over but admitted that the outcome will remain AFP - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that America's war in Iraq is over but admitted that the outcome will remain "clouded" by the reason it was waged in the first place.


2010-09-02 09:18

US lawmaker: Complete Iraq pull-out needed (AFP)

Democratic Representative Dennis Kucinich, seen here in March 2010 and who has been leading US Congress critic of the Iraq war, welcomed the formal end of US combat operations there but warned only a full troop withdrawal could bring stability to the strife-torn country.(AFP/File/Chris Kleponis)AFP - A leading US Congress critic of the Iraq war on Tuesday welcomed the formal end of US combat operations there but warned only a full troop withdrawal could bring stability to the strife-torn country.


2010-09-02 09:18

Tony Blair says did not foresee Iraq "nightmare" (Reuters)

Copies of the political memoirs of Britain's former Prime Minister Tony Blair, Reuters - Former British prime minister Tony Blair said on Wednesday he could have not have imagined what he called the "nightmare" that unfolded in Iraq but still did not regret joining the U.S.-led invasion.


2010-09-02 03:16

Defense Secretary Gates arrives in Iraq (Reuters)

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L-R), U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Mike Mullen stand during the U.S. national anthem during a change of command ceremony in Baghdad September 1, 2010. The U.S. Military's Outgoing commander Raymond Odierno will hand over to Lieutenant General Lloyd Austin. 
  REUTERS/Jim Watson/Pool  (IRAQ - Tags: IMAGES OF THE DAY POLITICS MILITARY)Reuters - Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Iraq on Wednesday, a day after U.S. troops formally ended combat operations in the country.


2010-09-02 03:16

Obama: Time to turn the page in Iraq (Reuters)

President Barack Obama (L) and Vice President Joe Biden (R) meet with the national security team on Iraq in the Situation Room of the White House in Washington, August 11, 2010. REUTERS/Pete Souza/The White House/HandoutReuters - President Barack Obama declared an end to the seven-year U.S. combat mission in Iraq on Tuesday and promised recession-weary Americans "my central responsibility" now is to repair the U.S. economy.


2010-09-02 03:16

Obama: US combat in Iraq over, 'time to turn page' (AP)

In this image from video, President Barack Obama speaks from the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, about the end of the U.S. combat role in Iraq. (AP Photo/APTN)AP - Claiming no victory, President Barack Obama formally ended the U.S. combat role in Iraq after seven long years of bloodshed, declaring firmly Tuesday night: "It's time to turn the page." Now, he said, the nation's most urgent priority is fixing its own sickly economy.


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