Troops

Maliki: I Support Obama’s Withdrawal Timetable
FOXNews - USA
by FOXNews.com Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told a German magazine that he supports Barack Obama’s plan to withdraw US troops from Iraq within 16 ...
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Obama In Afghanistan For Visit With Karzai
CBS News - New York,NY,USA
(CBS/AP) Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama started a campaign-season tour of combat zones and foreign capitals, visiting first with US troops ...
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Afghan violence kills 14, including NATO soldier
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The militants were killed after they attacked a supply convoy for NATO-led troops in Zabul province, said provincial police official Jalali Khan. ...
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Brown agrees to cut British troops in Iraq
Times Online - UK
Gordon Brown, on a flying visit to Baghdad and Basra, said today he plans to further cut the number of British troops in southern Iraq following a drop in ...
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Stifling soldiers of spin
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Australian troops were making good progress, he said, winning hearts and minds. Within hours, the news from Afghanistan went from bad to worse. ...
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Brown meets British troops in Basra
The Press Association -
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has arrived in southern Iraq to meet British troops after holding talks with political leaders and US military commanders in ...
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Obama in Afghanistan Amid Doubts About Troop Proposal (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
Some analysts say that, regardless of US troop levels, security in Afghanistan is unlikely to improve much so long as the insurgent sanctuaries in Pakistan ...
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UK's Brown says wants to cut troops in Iraq
Reuters - USA
By Adrian Croft BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday he wanted to reduce British troop levels in Iraq but he refused to set any ...
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Obama visits Afghanistan on international tour
AFP -
And I want to thank our troops for the heroic work that they've been doing." Obama said he was visiting Afghanistan and Iraq in his capacity as a US senator ...
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Gordon Brown hints at Iraq troop withdrawal before General Election
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Mr Brown has until now resisted pressure to make any signal about the possible timing of a withdrawal of the 4100 UK troops currently in the country, ...
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Gordon Brown sets sights on Iraq troops withdrawal
On his notorious trip to Iraq during last year's Conservative Party conference, Gordon Brown got his fingers badly burned when he made an announcement about troop withdrawals "on the ground". The gaffe was widely thought to have ...
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Iraq Prime Minister Backs Obama Troops Exit Plan
By Red Dawn
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told a German magazine he supported prospective US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's proposal that US troops should leave Iraq within 16 months. In an interview with Der Spiegel ...
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Obama visits with troops in Afghanistan
A US military spokesman says that US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is visiting troops in eastern Afghanistan.Staff. Sgt. David Hopkins says Obama and two other senators are making a brief stop in Jalalabad airfield, ...
Politics - http://www.realclearpolitics.com/

Obama to meet with troops, commanders in Afghanistan
Democratic candidate tries to bolster foreign policy credentials with visits to South Asia, Middle East and Europe.
National Post - Top Stories - http://www.nationalpost.com/

Britain's Brown wants to cut troops in Iraq but no timetable
By AFP(AFP)
BAGHDAD (AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, speaking after talks with his Iraqi counterpart in Baghdad, said on Saturday he wanted to cut the number of Britain's troop in Iraq but ruled out a timetable.
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