CENTCOM commander General David Petraeus, supported by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, tried to convince President Barack Obama that he had to back down from his campaign pledge to pullout all US combat troops from Iraq within 18 months at an Oval Office meeting on January 21, sources have said.
But Obama informed Gates, Petraeus and Joint [...]
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European flight lands in Baghdad
The first commercial flight between Western Europe and Baghdad in at least 17 years has landed in Iraq.
Swedish-based company Nordic Leisure says it expects to fly to the Iraqi capital once a week.
The plane, carrying about 150 passengers – mainly Iraqis – arrived from Denmark.
Air services to Iraq are gradually increasing after [...]
