We will be their ally, but the responsibility of charting the future of Iraq, first and foremost, belongs to the Iraqis.
He observes that the multinational forces in the Gulf War defeated Iraq by first destroying its ability to command its forces.
This can only be done by the UN Security Council, which still insists Iraq must first allow the return of UN weapons inspectors.
Phillips has traveled the world to cover and investigate a wide range of breaking news, including four tours reporting in Iraq, first as an embedded journalist aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, then covering the war, and its affect the Iraqi people.
Watada, who is not the first officer to refuse to deploy to Iraq, is the first to be court-martialed.
Iraq is the first war in history where contractors have played a large role.
For most Sunni Muslims around the world, including in Iraq, the first day of Ramadan was Friday.
Ross Perot in a riveting campaign that took place as Bush's sky-high approval dwindled following the first Iraq war.
And on Sunday, American commanders in Iraq announced the first military trial of one of the alleged abusers, Specialist Jeremy Sivits.
'Obama sees this as helpful to his plans to essentially withdraw from Afghanistan and Iraq during his first term in office.
First Iraq, where the trial of Saddam Hussein resumed today in Baghdad.
Other questions focused on the responsibilities of charities when placing representatives in war zones, Iranian refugees at Camp Ashra Iraq, and first-time buyers.
Last year, Iraq for the first time exceeded pre-1990 oil production.
Mr Garner has a good reputation in the region: he oversaw the restoration of order and humanitarian supplies in Kurdish-held Iraq after the first Gulf war.
But with all eyes now turning to Iraq's first election of a full-term parliament, a pinpoint of light may be visible at the end of the tunnel.
Laser guiding has reduced the number of bombs required to destroy a target, from 500 in Vietnam to 15 in the first Iraq war to one in the current conflict.
On the world stage, one interesting test if Bush wins a second term would be his ability to manage strains in longtime alliances because of the war in Iraq and other first-term Bush administration decisions.
The military contractor Raytheon would probably like to erase a few controversies in its past, like the disappointing performance of its Patriot Missile in the first Iraq War, or an espionage lawsuit from a competitor in 1996.
In December, the Iraq Study Group recommended that 25 percent of the U.S. combat troops be withdrawn from Iraq by the first quarter of 2008 and said the remaining troops should be shifted to more secure positions.
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Wilson, who was acting U.S. ambassador to Iraq during the first Gulf War and later was ambassador to Gabon, said he believes the leak was meant "to discourage others from coming forward" and as retaliation for the Times article.
As Charlie Cook, a veteran observer of politics, remarks, if Mr Kerry, who voted against the first Iraq war, had done the same with the second one, Dr Dean would still be an asterisk now and Mr Kerry the front-runner.
Family Favourites - a programme that had originally been broadcast by the BBC on Radio 2 and the The Light Programme before that, was resurrected by the new station and was well-received by the county's military folk who could get requests and messages played for their loved ones abroad, especially during the first Iraq War.
During an official ceremony that took place on 7 November 2012, The Director of UNESCO Iraq, Mohamed Djelid, met with the First Lady of Iraq H.
Dean -- who until his third-place finish in the Iowa caucuses last week had led in New Hampshire polls -- highlighted Kerry's support of the Iraq war but his opposition to the first conflict, launched in 1991 after Iraq invaded Kuwait.
Iraq will be the first test of whether he can get the policy right.
It is the first time Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region has officially exported oil out of the country.
They all identify themselves first as Iraq citizens and then as part of a religious affiliation or tribe.
Chief of Staff Doug Coutts served with him in Iraq and was the first to sign up with his campaign.
LONDON, England (CNN) -- A British soldier has died in fighting in southern Iraq -- the first British combat fatality of the campaign.
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