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Diggers leave Iraq after six years

Australia has officially ended its six-year military presence in Iraq three days ahead of the deadline. Some 20,000 members of the army, navy and air force

Remains of pilot missing 18 years in Iraq found

The remains of the first American lost in the Persian Gulf War have been found in Iraq, the military said Sunday, after struggling for nearly 

Troops May Be in Iraq, but Military’s Focus Is Afghanistan

TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq — In this desert brush land where the occupiers and occupied are moving into an uneasy new partnership, American and Iraqi 

Airmen Save Iraqi Girl’s Life After Improvised Explosive Device Blast

Thanks to security forces Airmen, emergency medics and hospital staff here, an Iraqi girl is still alive after an improvised explosive device detonated at her 

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,329

As of Thursday, July 30, 2009, at least 4,329 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 

US should declare victory and leave Iraq, says top military officer

A top US military officer in Baghdad has stirred controversy by arguing in a confidential memo that the American presence in Iraq has outlived its 

US military: 3 killed in attack in Iraq

A U.S. military spokesman in Iraq says American soldiers have killed two people who attempted to throw grenades at a convoy west of Baghdad. In 

US war zone troops ‘can smoke’

American troops are not to be banned from smoking in war zones, the US Defence Department says. The decision comes despite a recent study which 

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,324

As of Monday, July 13, 2009, at least 4,324 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 

US military: Soldier shot, killed driver in Iraq

 Baghdad:  An American soldier in Iraq shot and killed a truck driver who did not respond to warnings to stop on a highway north