US weighs Iraq post-surge troop levels

You mean the surge isn't the end of the war?

General George Casey, the army chief of staff who preceded Gen Petraeus in Iraq, has repeatedly warned that the US is deploying in Iraq at an unsustainable pace.

Turkey Gets US Permission for Iraq Bombings

The United States is now the official owner of all Iraq.

Massoud Barzani, president of the Kurdish regional government, which administers three northern Iraqi provinces, called the attack "a violation of Iraq's sovereignty." He blamed the U.S. military, which controls Iraqi airspace, for allowing Turkish warplanes to cross the border. The Iraqi parliament also condemned the attacks yesterday.