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Iraq official: U.S. could be out by 2011

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A deadline should be set for the withdrawal of U.S. and allied forces from Iraq, and the pullout could be done by 2011, an Iraqi government spokesman said Tuesday.

Soldiers yearn to leave quiet Iraq for 'real war'

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Spc. Grover Gebhart has spent nine months at a small post on a Sunni-Shiite fault line in western Baghdad. But the 21-year-old soldier on his first tour in Iraq feels he's missing the real war -- in Afghanistan, where his brother is fighting the Taliban.

UAE moving to restore full ties with Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The United Arab Emirates is expected to soon name an ambassador to Iraq and could open an embassy in the war-ravaged nation, Iraqi officials said Thursday.

U.S. and Iraq agree on troop cuts

The United States and Iraq have agreed to set a "general time horizon" for the "further reduction of U.S. combat forces in Iraq" following the improvement in security conditions in the country, the White House said Friday.

Chem-Sniffing Robots Prepped for Iraq, A-Stan

Armymil20080711165728The Army's older bomb-spotting robots are a little too flimsy, and too hard to control, to use in Iraq any more. So the military has given the 'bots new chemical-sniffing gear -- and a new mission: to help clean up hazardous sites in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Blog Buzz: McCain's 'Important'" Quote, Boren's Non-Endorsement, and Vice Presidential Chatter

What exactly did Sen. John McCain mean when he said this morning that when U.S. troops come home from Iraq is "not too important"? Decide for yourself: TPM's Josh Marshall posts the video (and suggests that within a day or so McCain will deny ever having said it). Then read liberals blasting him for the comments (including saying it's a redux of his comments about staying in Iraq for 100 years) and conservatives coming to his defense (including saying it's a redux of his comments about staying in Iraq for 100 years, with attendant Dem-agoguery).

Iraq Surge Ends, But There Are 15K More Troops than Before Surge

The military surge into Iraq that began more than 18 months ago has ended. But 150,000 U.S. troops remain, as many as 15,000 more than before the buildup began.

Iraq seeks to relieve debt burden

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has praised progress in Iraq at a UN forum in Sweden on the situation in the country.

Iraq Deaths Down, but for How Long?

A U.S. soldier secures the area as an Iraqi woman passes during a patrol is Jamileh main market of the Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday, May 29, 2008.

Missing US Iraq troops found dead

The bodies of two US soldiers missing in Iraq for more than a year have been found, the US military has confirmed.

Blog Buzz: Iraq Intel, Obama, Rezko, and More

Hot Air's Ed Morrissey says the Senate Intelligence Committee's report asserting that the Bush administration lied about prewar intelligence...is full of lies about the lies. Meanwhile, ThinkProgress mocks McCain's claims that "every assessment" justified war in Iraq.

Rogue combat robots sidelined in Iraq

WASHINGTON — Al Qaida-aligned insurgents in Iraq claim to have "decoded" U.S. military robots, but U.S. sources said the combat robots had malfunctioned in the heat of battle.

Texan helps document modern art looted from Iraq

Shortly after the invasion of Iraq, Nada Shabout returned to the country where she grew up. As an art history professor, one of the first stops she wanted to make was the modern art museum.

Rebuilding tough as Iraq violence recedes

U.S. Army Capt. Mike Forbes, left, takes a photo at the site of a car bomb blast in west Baghdad's upscale Mansour neighborhood, Iraq Thursday.

Obama in Iraq to meet Maliki

The US presidential candidate Barack Obama arrived in Baghdad today amid confusion about whether the Iraqi prime minister backs his timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq.

Army criticizes its own Iraq mistakes

(CNN) -- The U.S. Army's official history of the Iraq war shows military chiefs made mistake after mistake in the early months of the conflict.

Vehicle bombings in Iraq at lowest level in nearly 4 years

A simulated improvised explosive device goes off under a Humvee during a training exercise at Camp Shelby, Miss. on July 9, 2007. In May, there were 23 car and truck bomb attacks in Iraq, the fewest since August 2004.

US soldiers 'found dead in Iraq'

The bodies of two US soldiers missing in Iraq for more than a year have been found, the US military has confirmed.

Father of soldier killed in Iraq wins Pentagon contract for bomb-busting robots

Brian Hart’s 20-year-old son was killed in Iraq. He didn’t channel his grief quietly. He questioned shortcomings in supplying armor to soldiers. He founded a company that has developed relatively inexpensive robotic vehicles to disable car bombs and roadside explosives

Texan helps document modern art looted from Iraq

DENTON, Texas: Shortly after the invasion of Iraq, Nada Shabout returned to the country where she grew up. As an art history professor, one of the first stops she wanted to make was the modern art museum.

Iran calls U.S.-Iraq security pact a Trojan horse

TEHRAN -- Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has warned that Washington’s calls for a security deal with Baghdad are meant to undermine Iraq’s independence.

Iran calls U.S.-Iraq security pact a Trojan horse

TEHRAN, May 30 (MNA) -- Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has warned that Washington’s calls for a security deal with Baghdad are meant to undermine Iraq’s independence.

Rice defends Bush over Iraq claim

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has rejected claims from a former White House press aide that President George W Bush misled the US over the Iraq war.

Texan helps document modern art looted from Iraq

DENTON, Texas (AP) - Shortly after the invasion of Iraq, Nada Shabout returned to the country where she grew up. As an art history professor, one of the first stops she wanted to make was the modern art museum.

Professors Assist with Nuclear Dismantlement in Iraq

Two Texas Tech researchers involved in the nuclear dismantlement in Iraq speak at ceremony that marks beginning of the remediation process.

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