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BISMARCKThree North Dakotans killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan will be honored this weekend as their names are added to the North Dakota Memorial to the Fallen in the Global War on Terrorism. ...
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Sadrists call for new elections in Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) — The political party loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called Monday for the dissolution of Iraq's parliament and new elections in another move that could escalate the country's growing sectarian crisis.

By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press , December 26, 2011

UN, Iraq agree on Camp Ashraf resettlement plan

BAGHDAD — The United Nations and the Iraqi government have signed an agreement to relocate several thousand Iranian exiles living in a camp in northeastern Iraq, the U.N.'s office in Baghdad announced Sunday.

By By Rebecca Santana, The Associated Press , December 26, 2011

Last N.D. Guard member returns from Iraq

Last N.D. Guard member returns from Iraq Staff Sgt. Teresa Pavljuk is greeted by 119th Wing Commander Col. Rick Gibney and N.D. Gov. Jack Dalrymple Wednesday at Hector International Airport after returning home from Iraq. Pavljuk, 25, is the last N.D. Guard member to return home from deployment. David Samson Forum Communications Co.

December 22, 2011

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Handing back the keys to Iraq

Handing back the keys to Iraq About 2,000 North Dakota National Guard soldiers played a role in the war in Iraq. But few can say they literally handed the keys to the country back to the Iraqi people.

By By Mike Nowatzki, Forum Communications Co. , December 21, 2011

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Last ND Guard soldier to serve in Iraq coming home

The last North Dakota National Guard soldier to serve in Iraq is returning home.

December 20, 2011

At the end, no ‘shock and awe’

The war in Iraq came to an end last week. It ended quietly with the expected praise for U.S. troops from the president, secretary of defense and others. News organizations conducted interviews with men and women in the last units shipping out of Iraq and back to their bases in the United States.

By The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead , December 20, 2011

Last U.S. troops leave Iraq as war ends

KHABARI CROSSING, Kuwait (AP) — The last U.S. soldiers rolled out of Iraq across the border into neighboring Kuwait at daybreak Sunday, whooping, fist bumping and hugging each other in a burst of joy and relief. Their convoy's exit marked the end of a bitterly divisive war that raged for nearly nine years and left Iraq shattered, with troubling questions lingering over whether the Arab nation will remain a steadfast U.S. ally.

December 18, 2011

U.S. formally ends Iraq war with little fanfare

U.S. formally ends Iraq war with little fanfare Nearly nine years after American troops stormed across the Iraq border in a blaze of shock and awe, U.S. officials quietly ended the bloody and bitterly divisive conflict here Thursday, but the debate over whether it was worth the cost in money and lives is yet unanswered.

By By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press , December 16, 2011

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Obama marking end of Iraq war

President Barack Obama is marking the end of the Iraq war, telling troops that the U.S. is peacefully leaving behind a stable nation and closing “one of the most extraordinary chapters in the history of the American military.”

December 14, 2011

With the war nearly over, Obama says Iraq won't stand alone

WASHINGTON (AP) — Eager to put the long and divisive Iraq war to rest, President Barack Obama declared Monday “those days are over” with the last American troops heading home, but he pledged the U.S. would remain committed to the fledgling government they leave behind. He and Iraq's leader somberly saluted America's war dead at Arlington National Cemetery.

December 12, 2011

Pentagon leaders defend withdrawal of US from Iraq

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Tuesday defended President Barack Obama's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq in seven weeks, but left open the possibility for continued negotiations with Baghdad over a force presence there.

November 16, 2011

S.D. soldiers reflect as Iraq war ends

Twenty dead South Dakotans from the various services branches. Nearly 5,000 dead American and coalition troops. Eight years of war.

By By Todd Epp, Forum Communications Co. , November 12, 2011

Guard soldiers reflect on news of troops’ withdrawal

Guard soldiers reflect on news of troops’ withdrawal With Veterans Day Friday, a generation recalls its service in Iraq as fellow soldiers are expecting to be removed from combat there in the coming months.

By Ben Rodgers , November 10, 2011

Conflicted Iraqis face future without US troops

For the first time in decades, Iraqis face a future on their own, with neither Saddam Hussein's iron fist nor the United States' military might to hold them together. This has been both their dream and nightmare: They wanted American troops (the occupiers) to go, but they wanted American troops (the protectors) to stay.

October 22, 2011

Obama: Iraq war over; troops coming home

America’s long and deeply unpopular war in Iraq will be over by year’s end and all U.S. troops “will definitely be home for the holidays,” President Barack Obama declared Friday.

By By Ben Feller, The Associated Press , October 22, 2011

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