U.S. Army soldiers signal each other during a munitions search near Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq, Dec. 29, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Wendy WymanFrom Yahoo News/AP:
MOSUL, Iraq – Grenades lie unattended next to a west Mosul bazaar. Garbage bags throughout the city are searched daily for bombs. At a sprawling sheep market, Iraqi army soldiers are careful not to kick over rocks for fear of setting off hidden explosives.
War has ebbed in most parts of Iraq, but not in Mosul, the third-largest city and al-Qaida's last stronghold in the fragile new democracy. And time is running out on the around-the-clock U.S. military patrols of Mosul. U.S. troops must vacate cities by June 30 under an agreement with the Iraqis, and President Barack Obama is ending all American combat operations after August 2010.
The Iraqi security forces are not sure they'll be ready.
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More News On Iraq
EXCLUSIVE: Top General in Iraq Says 'If They Ask Us to Stay We Will Probably Stay' -- ABC News
Four killed in two attacks near Mosul -- Top News
Bombing Rattles Fragile Security Amid Troop Drawdown -- Wall Street Journal
FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 9 -- Reuters
12,000 U.S. Troops to Leave Iraq -- Washington Post
US cuts troop numbers in Iraq by two brigades -- The Independent
Drawdown in Iraq Begins: 12,000 Troops to Return -- Christian Science Monitor
US to Pull 12,000 Troops from Iraq as Withdrawal Begins -- Los Angeles Times
US to pull 12,000 troops out of Iraq within months -- The Guardian
US and British Forces in Iraq Are Reduced -- New York Times
US Announces September Troop Drawdown for Iraq -- Associated Press
Military Officials in Iraq Announce Force Reduction -- AFPS
Major attacks in Iraq so far this year -- International Heald Tribune
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