<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Multi-National Force Iraq: News &amp; Videos about Multi-National Force Iraq - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Multi_National_Force_Iraq</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Multi-National Force Iraq from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:41:26 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Multi-National Force Iraq: News &amp; Videos about Multi-National Force Iraq - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Multi_National_Force_Iraq</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Multi-National Force Iraq from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Four U.S. troops killed in Iraq roadside blasts</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/08/iraq.troops/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/08/iraq.troops/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Roadside bombings in Iraq killed four American troops and seven Iraqis in a flurry of attacks Tuesday corresponding with a Muslim holy month when insurgents regularly step up their fighting.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq: Death toll from huge suicide blast soars</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/21/iraq.kirkuk.suicide.bombing/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/21/iraq.kirkuk.suicide.bombing/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The death toll from Saturday's suicide truck bombing in northern Iraq -- the deadliest single attack this year -- has risen to 80, a police official said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama to troops in Iraq: 'Thank you'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/07/obama.iraq.transcript/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/07/obama.iraq.transcript/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The White House released this transcript of President Obama's remarks to U.S. troops Tuesday at Al Faw Palace -- Camp Victory -- in Baghdad, Iraq.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. deaths in Iraq down 66 percent from last year</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/30/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/30/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>American military deaths in Iraq have dropped dramatically this year, a trend observers attribute to the lasting effects of the U.S.-led surge offensive, more robust Iraqi security performance and civilians' disgust with warfare.</description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:33:00 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United States and five other nations are likely to remain, according to a top military officer.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. says business jet forced down in Iran</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/07/iran.jet/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/07/iran.jet/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.S. military coalition in Iraq confirmed Tuesday that a business jet -- not a U.S. military aircraft -- was recently forced down in Iran due to an airspace violation.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. military says al Qaeda in Iraq mastermind dead</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/04/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/04/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Coalition forces in Baghdad have killed the man believed to be the mastermind of recent bombings in the Iraqi capital, the U.S. military said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New U.S. commander takes over in Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/16/iraq.command.change/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/16/iraq.command.change/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Gen. Ray Odierno on Tuesday took command of U.S. forces in Iraq, marking the end to Gen. David Petraeus' tenure, which saw a reversal in the country's rising violence.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. military 'regrets' killing 2 children in Iraq operation</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/22/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/22/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.S. military "sincerely regrets" that it killed two children in a helicopter attack on militants linked to a suspected al Qaeda in Iraq leader, a colonel with Multi-National Force-Iraq said Thursday. </description><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 17:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Al Qaeda planning Baghdad attacks, says U.S.</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/18/iraq.attacks/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/18/iraq.attacks/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Al Qaeda in Iraq is planning suicide attacks against Iraqis in Baghdad "in the near future," the U.S. military warned Friday. </description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Militant's letter: Generate chaos, 'psychological conflict'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/16/iraq.militant.letter/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/16/iraq.militant.letter/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.S. military says a recent raid uncovered a detailed letter from an al Qaeda in Iraq militant to the group's leader about how the insurgent network should continue to generate economic chaos and "psychological conflict" and must bear down against American-backed Sunni militias.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqi forces battle rogue Shiite militants</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/21/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/21/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Iraqi security forces and Shiite fighters battled on Friday in Baghdad and a southeastern provincial capital, an Interior Ministry official said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commanders expected to recommend Iraq pullout pause</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/19/iraq.pause.options/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/19/iraq.pause.options/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Senior U.S. military officials are preparing to recommend to President Bush a four- to six-week pause in additional troop withdrawals from Iraq after the last of the "surge" brigades leaves in July, CNN has learned.</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Six U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq house explosion</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/09/iraq.soldier.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/09/iraq.soldier.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Six U.S. soldiers were killed Wednesday in Iraq when a bomb exploded in a booby-trapped house while they were on patrol north of Baghdad, the military announced.</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S.-led forces target militants</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/27/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/27/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S.-led coalition forces killed an estimated 11 "terrorists" early Thursday, during operations targeting criminal networks in southeastern Iraq, a statement from Multi-National Force - 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