Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Iraq War | featured news

Iraq's progress remains fragile and could still be reversed, despite decreased violence, successful national elections in March and other advances, U.S. General David Petraeus said on Tuesday.

The Iraqi prime minister's coalition and its main secular rival both claimed to be ahead in the vote count Monday, a day after historic parliamentary elections that the top U.S. commander said would let all but 50,000 American troops come home by the end of summer.

The top American military commander in Iraq on Monday praised the Iraqi military’s performance during Sunday’s parliamentary election.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki may ask the U.S. to extend deadlines for withdrawing troops, depending on the security situation in Iraq.

The U.S. Marine Corps has wrapped up its role in Iraq, handing over duties to the Army and signaling the beginning of an accelerated withdrawal of American troops.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates visited as Baghdad was reeling from bombings and U.S. forces are beginning to prepare for withdrawals this spring.

Iraq's parliament on Monday approved an amended law needed to hold an election next year, but the new text risks being vetoed a second time -- which could delay both the vote and next year's partial US troop withdrawal.

The top U.S. commander in Iraq says the timetable for an American troop withdrawal is still on track despite a dispute ...

There are just a few days left before U.S. Army Capt. Nathan Williams finally gets to go home. As violence in Iraq is sharply down and Iraqi forces are taking more responsibilities, the United States is preparing for the withdrawal of all combat forces by August 2010 and everyone else by 2012. That means in the coming days and months, tens of thousands of soldiers will be making the same journey as Williams and his troops, from Iraq to Kuwait and finally to the U.S. — the long journey home.