Biden visits Iraq, bombs go off in Baghdad

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Vice President-elect Joe Biden, left, sits with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, right, in Baghdad on Monday. Biden is visiting the two fronts in the U.S.-led war on terrorism ahead of the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration.


Biden visits Iraq, bombs go off in Baghdad
By Kim Gamel - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Jan 12, 2009 18:57:25 EST

BAGHDAD — Vice President-elect Biden conferred Monday with Iraqi leaders after a trip to Afghanistan, capping a tour of U.S. battlefronts on a day when police reported bombings killed 10 people in Baghdad.

The four attacks were a reminder that major violence may still return, complicating the incoming administration’s plans to draw down troops in Iraq and focus more attention on Afghanistan.

Biden, a frequent visitor to Iraq as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, met with President Jalal Talabani, Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh after arriving in Baghdad.

U.S. officials issued no public statement.

But Abdul-Mahdi said they discussed implementation of a security agreement that took effect Jan. 1. The accord sets a three-year timeframe for the full withdrawal of American forces.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/01/ap_biden_iraq_011209w/%2e

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1. At least nobody threw a shoe.

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2. Another classic example of media trying to move perspective.

the bomb was a result of Biden's visit.. when really its just another day in Iraq.. thanks to Bush. My brother in law came home mid Oct. He said, if they think its better and I don't have to go back to that sand trap, fine let them think its better.. but its just getting more dangerous from what I can tell.