Obama’s Iraq withdrawal plan get mixed reception (Miami Herald)
Angering many Democrats but drawing cheers from Republicans, President Barack Obama announced Friday he will withdraw U.S. combat troops from Iraq by Aug. 31, 2010 — but leave as many as 50,000 U.S. troops there through 2011.
Iranian Leader Calls on Speedy U.S. Pullout From Iraq (Fox News)
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei quoted telling visiting Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Saturday that U.S. plans for a “long stay” in Iraq are detrimental to the Iraqi people
Iranian leader: U.S. should speed up pullout – Army News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports – Army … (Army Times)
TEHRAN, Iran Iran s supreme leader told the visiting Iraqi president Saturday that the U.S. should withdraw from Iraq more quickly than planned because any delay is harmful to the country.
Iraq arrests Al-Qaeda ‘oil minister’ (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Al-Qaeda’s so-called “oil minister” in Iraq has been arrested along with 10 other members of the group, the interior ministry said on Saturday.
Americans relieved as Obama pledges Iraq winddown (National Post)
Bring em home. Or send them to Afghanistan, where things are getting worse. American public opinion is broadly on the side of President Barack Obama s decision to end U.S. combat operations in Iraq in 18 months, leaving 50,000 troops behind for stability
Iraq welcomes Obama plan but still needs US help (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on Saturday welcomed the pullout of US combat troops outlined by President Barack Obama but stressed that Washington still has a “great responsibility” to help Iraq.
Iraq arrests 11 Al Qaeda in Iraq suspects (Detroit Free Press)
BAGHDAD The Interior Ministry says Iraqi forces have arrested Iraq arrests 11 Al Qaeda in Iraq’s so-called oil minister north of Baghdad.
Leaving Iraq: Shift to south, exit through desert (The Charlotte Observer)
(By CHELSEA J. CARTER, Associated Press Writer) The U.S. military map in Iraq in early 2010: Marines are leaving the western desert, Army units are in the former British zone in the south and the overall mission is coalescing around air and logistics hubs in central and northern Iraq. Meanwhile, commanders will be shifting their attention to helping Iraqi forces take full control of their own …
British troops to start leaving Iraq (Daily Telegraph)
Britain will begin withdrawing troops from Iraq at the end of March David Miliband has revealed.
In twist, Obama wins GOP praise, Democrats’ censure on Iraq plan (Detroit Free Press)
President Barack Obama said Friday that he’ll withdraw U.S. combat troops from Iraq by Aug. 31, 2010. But his plans to leave as many as 50,000 U.S. troops there through 2011 made many Democrats in Congress angry, while Republicans cheered.
Obama calls Maliki, Bush to brief on Iraq plans (Deepika)
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C, Feb 27 (Reuters) US President Barack Obama called Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki during his flight to North Carolina today to brief him on US plans to withdraw troops from Iraq, a White House spokesman said.
President’s plan to end war in Iraq turns tables (Seattle Times)
President Obama said Friday that U.S. combat troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by Aug. 31, 2010, but his plan to leave up to 50,000 U.S. troops there through 2011 angered many congressional Democrats, while Republicans cheered.
Iraqi leaders welcome U.S. troop withdrawal plan (CNN)
Iraqi leaders are applauding President Obama’s plan to withdraw most U.S. troops from the country by August 2010.
