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Tony Blair pelted with eggs and shoes at book signing

Tony Blair pelted with eggs and shoes at book signing

Violence has broken out at the first public signing for Tony Blair's memoirs, with anti-war protesters hurling shoes and eggs at the former prime minister. The projectiles did not hit Blair as he arrived at a bookshop in Dublin, Ireland, to be greeted ...

 

Books of The Times: At the Center of the Storm, but Still a Mystery

Tony Blair’s memoir, “A Journey,” sheds little light on his political vision or on why he took Britain to war against Iraq.

 

Obama: 'It is time to turn the page' on Iraq war

Obama: 'It is time to turn the page' on Iraq war

He says the U.S. "has paid a huge price" to give Iraqis the chance to shape their future - a price that now includes more than 4,400 U.S. dead.

 

Biden visits Iraq as troops withdraw

Biden visits Iraq as troops withdraw

Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq on Monday as U.S. troops prepared to end combat operations on Tuesday.

 

Iraq goes on highest alert for terror attacks

Iraq goes on highest alert for terror attacks

Iraq's prime minister put his nation on its highest level of alert for terror attacks, warning of plots to sow fear and chaos as the U.S. combat ...

 

Obama says Iraq war is ending, his promise is kept

Obama says Iraq war is ending, his promise is kept

President Barack Obama said on Saturday Iraq could "chart its own course" and told Americans the drawdown of U.S. troops helped fulfill a promise he made during the 2008 presidential campaign.

 

Iraq seven years later: Was the war worth it?

Iraq seven years later: Was the war worth it?

Seven years after the fall of Saddam's regime, democracy is alive in Iraq. But there's still squabbling between Sunni Arabs, Shiites and Kurds. ...

 

Obama to make Oval Office address about Iraq Tuesday

President Barack Obama will address the American public from the White House Oval Office on Tuesday about the U.S. troop drawdown in Iraq, the White House said.

 

U.S. pullout from Iraq a mountainous challenge

U.S. pullout from Iraq a mountainous challenge

For months now First Lieutenant Sidney Leslie's mind has not been on protecting U.S. military convoys in Iraq from bomb and insurgent attacks but on packing up, loading trucks and going home to Bedford, Virginia.

 

Last U.S. combat troops leaving Iraq: report

Last U.S. combat troops leaving Iraq: report

The last U.S. combat troops are leaving Iraq in a convoy to Kuwait, more than seven years after a U.S.-led invasion toppled Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, NBC News reported on Wednesday.

 

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