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AP – Iraq displayed hundreds of recovered artifacts Tuesday that were among the country’s looted heritage and span the ages from a 4,400-year-old statue of a Sumerian king to a chrome-plated AK-47 bearing Saddam Hussein’s image. View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories Related Reading: Toy Story 3 Hooded... 

Reuters – Up to six suicide bombers, some armed with rifles, tried to storm an army base in Baghdad on Sunday, killing 12 people and wounding 36 less than a week after Washington declared U.S. combat operations in Iraq over. View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories Related Reading: Wildlife: The World's Top Photographers... 

McClatchy Newspapers – BAGHDAD — The U.S. military Wednesday marked the end of its combat mission in Iraq amid a series of conflicting messages that underscored the mixed feelings many here, both American and Iraqi, have toward a seven-and-a-half-year effort that cost tens of thousands of lives but left the political... 

Filed under: News, Politics, President Obama WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama kept a promise but took a risk in boldly declaring an end to seven and half years of war in Iraq and asserting that America had turned the page on the costly, divisive conflict. In relatively brief but politically freighted remarks from... 

AP – The U.S. on Wednesday moved into the final phase of its military involvement in Iraq, with administration officials saying the war was ending even as the new commander of the remaining 50,000 troops warned of the ongoing threat from “hostile elements.” View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories Related... 

AP – The United States changed commanders in Iraq Wednesday, beginning the final phase of American military involvement in the country despite political uncertainty and persistent violence. View full post on Yahoo! News: World News Related Reading: Rand McNally World Wall Map: Laminated : M Series (M Series Map of the... 

Filed under: News, Politics, President Obama He came, he saw, he conquered. Well, sort of. President Barack Obama took the nation’s attention for about 20 minutes tonight to deliver a speech about the end of America’s military involvement in Iraq. Sitting in the Oval Office with pictures of his family in the background,... 

AP – The U.S. marks on Wednesday the transition to the final phase of the Iraq war, shifting the focus of the remaining 50,000 American troops from combat operations to preparing Iraqi security forces to protect the country on their own. View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories Related Reading: Licensed Grey TB Toy... 

AP – Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that while the United States is no longer at war in Iraq, history will judge whether the fight was worth it. View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories Related Reading: Toy Story 3 Hooded Woody Towel My Story Double Pearl Necklace Beaded Tank Top Gray S Censored 2009:... 

AP – Tony Blair’s long-awaited memoir says the former British prime minister doesn’t regret the Iraq war — although he wept for its victims — and carries revelations about the politician’s alcohol use, his interactions with the queen and his testy relationship with his successor. View full...