WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama heralded the end of the divisive Iraq war Monday, and warned Iraq’s neighbors that the United States would remain a major player in the region even as it brings its troops home. “Our strong presence in the Middle East endures,” Obama said. “And the United States will never waver in […]

BAGHDAD (AP) — After more than eight years in Iraq, the departing American military’s legacy includes a fledgling democracy, bitter memories of war, and for the nation’s youth, rap music, tattoos and slang. In other words, as the Dec. 31 deadline for completing their withdrawal approaches, U.S. troops are leaving behind the good, the bad […]

Presidential candidate Mitt Romney issued a harsh rebuke of President Obama’s decision to withdraw all troops from Iraq by the end of year. “President Obama’s astonishing failure to secure an orderly transition in Iraq has unnecessarily put at risk the victories that were won through the blood and sacrifice of thousands of American men and […]

The Obama administration will  reduce the number of U.S. troops in Iraq at the end of the year down to 3,000, according to Fox News’ sources. Military generals requested that the number of troops remaining in Iraq reach 27,000, but issues with “the cost and the political optics” reduced the projected number to much lower […]

A new report from WikiLeaks claims that U.S. soldiers killed Iraqi children execution style and then called for an air raid to cover up the evidence. The cable from WikiLeaks details a 2006 incident in southern Iraq in which 10 Iraqi civilians were killed, including four children and a 5-month-old baby. McClatchy reports: The unclassified […]

The New Yorker has unearthed a horrible secret related to the staffing of military bases in the Middle East. Companies that are contracted by the United States to provide support services to bases in locations like Afghanistan routinely lure women far from their homes to be employees, where they become trapped. After traveling from locations […]

The United States officially ended combat in Iraq at the end of August and the just under 50,000 troops left are supporting Iraqi security forces in an advisory and assistance role. Many of the troops left in Iraq can’t wait to get home.

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