Iraqi parliament OKs US troops for 3 more years  BAGHDAD (AP) - The long, costly story of American military involvement in Iraq moved closer to an end Thursday when Iraq's parliament approved a pact that requires all troops to be out in three years, marking the first clear timetable for a U.S. exit since the 2003 invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein. The vote for the security deal followe...

British troops are no longer needed in southern Iraq, according to prime minister Nouri al-Maliki.

British troops will exit Iraq by the middle of next year, Gordon Brown has announced in an unexpected visit to Iraq.

Gordon Brown will consider holding an inquiry into the Iraq war once British troops have returned home, government sources confirmed yesterday. Speculation about an inquiry has intensified in recent weeks as British troops prepare to withdraw from Iraq. Brown said in March last year that it would be "appropriate" to hold an inquiry once British troops had helped to stabilise Iraq. On his return to...

President Obama has announced that all U.S. troops will be out of Iraq by the end of this year, except fro 150 troops needed to guard the massive U.S. embassy in Baghdad. “The rest of our troops in Iraq will come home at the end of the year,” Obama said today at the White House. “After nearly nine years, America’s war in Iraq will be over.” Contrary to the spin given ...

IRAQ'S parliament yesterday rejected for a second time a draft law allowing foreign troops from countries other than the United States, including Britain, to remain after

The US and Iraq have reached agreement on a draft security accord that would pave the way for US combat troops to leave Iraq by the end of 2011, officials said

25 March session Iraq inquiry The government fended off a Tory call for an immediate inquiry into the Iraq war by promising one "as soon as practical" after British combat troops withdraw on 31 July. The foreign secretary, David Miliband, said there were "important lessons to be learned" from the conflict, adding: "The time to focus on an official inquiry is when the troops come home to safety, no...

The brains at Slate presents a novel approach to analysing the candidates and Iraq: Current troops - troops withdrawn no. = Residual Force in Iraq per mo. of months Obama: 140,000 - 2,500 to 5,000 x 16 = Y(x)...

With British troops on their way home from Basra, it is appropriate now to consider how we should commemorate those who have died in Iraq (British operations in Iraq come to an end, 1 May). The official war artist for Iraq, Steve McQueen - who spent six days with troops in Basra in 2003 - came back with the moving and powerful idea that British servicemen and women killed in the conflict should be...