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Petraeus to call for pullout of US troops from Iraq within 10 months Submitted by Sahil Nagpal on Thu, 09/04/2008 - 18:14. General Politics Baghdad Baghdad  - US commander in Iraq General David Petraeus said on Thursday he would call for the pullout of US troops from Baghdad within 10 months because of declining violence in the Iraqi capital.

The United States of America has given back control of 13 out of 18 cities in Iraq back to the Iraq government including "victory in Anbar" just this week. General Petraeus predicts US military could be out of Iraq by next summer. Overall, Gen Petraeus said Iraq was a “dramatically changed country” from when he assumed command in February 2007.

Opinion Barry Artiste. Though the military is not giving details of the attack, but to only say it was not an IED, but a Taliban force which lay in wait for the ambush in which the three soldiers troopers returned... read more

In a way Obama and his Democrats can’t stand - with victory: General David Petraeus, the top US commander in Iraq, said declining violence in Baghdad raised the possibility that American combat troops could leave the capital by next summer.

Handshake Defuses a Standoff in Baghdad 4. September 2008 The intensification and resolution of a conflict between a Sunni citizen patrol and the Iraqi Army on Wednesday offered a vivid illustration of the tension between the two organizations.

David Petraeus indicated today that a pullout of MNF (Multi-National Forces) around the Baghdad area is probably possible by next summer due to conditions on the ground.  He also said that the area is “’spiraling upwards’ towards normal conditions” and “it gives Iraq new hope.”  What great news from a straight-shooter and American hero who’s shown he would not deceive us for political reasons!

My Son, al-Doctoor By Ali Hameed Baghdad’s Mustansariya University after a bombing in 2007. (Photo by Max Becherer for The New York Times) Ali Hameed is an Iraqi employee of The New York Times. BAGHDAD — No one can deny that Iraqis are fond of education.

There's a case that haunts Judge Jaffar Mohsin. It was in 2005, and Mohsin was presiding over the case of a man convicted of terrorism charges for killing an Iraqi police officer. Police are frequent targets of attack here, but the convict's description of the way he tortured his victim before death made this case different: he used his fingers to gouge one of the policeman's eyes out.

Sgt. Todd Jones (center) a Washington native, along with Ugandan corporals Joseph Kayemba, Amagu Alfred and Asiimwe Dickens, prepare to search a vehicle entering Camp Taji’s Lobo Gate. Seven months ago, the Soldiers of 64th Brigade Support Battalion, Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division,

Old ornate gate separates a Baghdad villa from the street We're in the month of Ramadan now and its interesting to watch the Iraqis as they struggle with the various restrictions, most notably the practice of fasting. While observing the holy month Muslims are not permitted to eat during the daylight hours.