More than seven years after it began, Operation Iraqi Freedom was declared “over” by U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday – although it is unclear whether Obama’s “fulfillment” of his promise to end combat operations by August 31 will benefit him politically (or end the war).
“We have met our responsibility,” Obama said in a nationally-televised [...]
Operation “New Dawn”
Iraq: Not So Fast …
Just in time to make U.S. President Barack Obama’s deadline of August 31, the “last combat brigade” of American soldiers has left Iraq – seven years after the American-led offensive against Saddam Hussein’s regime first began.
Of course the withdrawal of the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division from Iraqi soil doesn’t mean that the world’s [...]
