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Iraq set to double planned purchase of F-16s, but will US troops stay into 2012?

'[Iraq] is less safe, in my judgment, than 12 months ago,' Stuart Bowen, the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction said in his quarterly report to Congress released Saturday.
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As US withdrawal nears, Iraqi fear of Iran grows

On a tour of Iraq, Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke to Iraqis about the threat posed by Iran. Iraqis worry that Iran will fill the void left by the withdrawal of US forces.
US and Iraq try to contain Iran weapons smuggling

The US military steps up efforts to stop Iran from using the marshes of southern Iraq to smuggle weapons.
As war winds down, will Iraq's progress hold steady?

Violence has plummeted and US forces are pulling back, but the year ahead will test the staying power of gains throughout the country.
Iraqis more secure, but few are finding jobs

Most jobs are in the military, police, and intelligence forces. But Iraqis say those jobs are only attained through family ties or bribes.
U.S., Iraqi forces meet no Sadr resistance in Amara

Iraqi troops took the southern city without a shot being fired from Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army.