Huliq News Tagged: "Iraq Withdrawal"

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Bush Decides to Withdraw 8,000 Troops From Iraq By February

The White House says President George Bush has decided to withdraw about 8.000 U.S. troops from Iraq by next February and that he will announce the plan in a speech Tuesday in Washington.

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Georgia Pulls Out Troops from Iraq amid ‘Russian Aggression’

President Saakashvili said Georgia was pulling out its troops from Iraq amid, what he called, an open military aggression by Russia in South Ossetia.

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Obama says ground condition could alter Iraq withdrawal policy

Presumptive Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama has sought to distance himself from his campaign statements on troop withdrawal from Iraq, apparently under pressure from Republican rival John McCain's repeated questioning of his stand.

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US to withdraw 4,000 troops from Iraq

The US military announced on Thursday that the withdrawal of another 4,000 troops from Iraq next month as violence across the country hit a four-year low.

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US to pull out five brigades from Iraq in July

The US army will pull out five brigades by the end of July following improvement of the security conditions and declining attacks against coalition and Iraqi forces.

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Australia to withdraw troops from Iraq this year

Australia will press on with plans to withdraw its troops from Iraq in June this year, although promises were made by the nation's foreign minister that relations with the United States will not be affected by the move.

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5,000 US troops to withdraw from Iraq

Around 5,000 American troops will head home later this month as part of a withdrawal plan announced by President George W Bush, US military spokesman Rear Admiral Gregory Smith says.

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Poland to withdraw troops from Iraq in 2008

Poland’s new Prime Minister said Friday that the country would withdraw its troops from Iraq next year, but continue mission in Afghanistan.

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Ex-US commander in Iraq backs troop pullout bill

A former top US commander in Iraq has thrown his support behind a war funding bill proposed by Democrats that calls for withdrawing most combat troops by the end of next year.

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US troops could start Iraq pull out by Easter

Iraqi forces are making good progress which could allow US troops to begin a partial withdrawal from Iraq earlier than planned, Iraqi National Security Advisor Muwaffaq al-Rubaie has said.

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Bush Says Leaving Iraq Would Embolden Iran

President Bush says pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq before the government there can take over its own security would embolden neighboring Iran. Iran's foreign minister says his country would step in to ensure regional stability, once foreign forces leave Iraq.

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British PM in Iraq says 1,000 troops home by Christmas

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced during a visit to Iraq on Tuesday that 1,000 British troops could be home by Christmas as he aims to hand control of Basra province back to the Iraqis within two months.

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