http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/John_AbizaidFind stories, videos, and photos about John Abizaid from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:22:42 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2008/WORLD/meast/06/30/iraq.mistakes/tztop.hussein.statue.afp.gi.jpghttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/John_Abizaid14433Find stories, videos, and photos about John Abizaid from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/30/iraq.mistakes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/30/iraq.mistakes/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. Army's official history of the Iraq war shows military chiefs made mistake after mistake in the early months of the conflict.Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:12:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1631196,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1631196,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWith the ouster of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the original Iraq war team is now all gone -- with one exception Tue, 12 Jun 2007 04:10:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/11/ivins.surge/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/11/ivins.surge/index.htmlThe purpose of this old-fashioned newspaper crusade to stop the war is not to make George W. Bush look like the dumbest president ever. People have done dumber things. What were they thinking when they bought into the Bay of Pigs fiasco? How dumb was the Egypt-Suez war? How massively stupid was the entire war in Vietnam? Even at that, the challenge with this misbegotten adventure is that WE simply cannot let it continue.Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:54:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/15/senate.abizaid/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/15/senate.abizaid/index.htmlThe commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East said Wednesday he is optimistic that "we can stabilize Iraq."Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:10:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/13/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/13/iraq.main/index.htmlA suicide bomber wearing an explosives belt blew himself up inside a bus Monday in northeastern Baghdad, killing 10 people and wounding 17 others, emergency police said.Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:11:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/20/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/20/iraq.main/index.htmlGen. John Abizaid, the head of U.S. Central Command, arrived Friday in Washington for meetings with President Bush, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Gen. George Casey, the top U.S. commander in Iraq.Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:59:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/19/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/19/iraq.main/index.htmlThe Iraqi government said Tuesday that it will shut down the offices of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, in an effort to maintain good relations with Turkey.Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:05:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/03/iraq.hearing/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/03/iraq.hearing/index.htmlUnder tough questioning from U.S. senators, the head of U.S. Central Command acknowledged Thursday that Iraq could descend into civil war.Thu, 03 Aug 2006 14:25:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/03/ambassador.iraq/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/03/ambassador.iraq/index.htmlThe UK's outgoing ambassador to Baghdad has warned government ministers that a civil war in Iraq is more likely than a successful transition to democracy, according to a news report.Thu, 03 Aug 2006 09:36:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/03/16/us.iraq/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/03/16/us.iraq/index.htmlThe U.S. is still on track to reduce its military troops in Iraq, so long as the effort to form a unity government there does not collapse, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East said Thursday.Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:31:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/05/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/05/iraq.main/index.htmlGunmen dressed as Iraqi police commandos attacked a Sunni mosque in a western Baghdad neighborhood late Saturday, killing three mosque guards and wounding six others in an hour-long gunfight, police said.Sun, 05 Mar 2006 09:36:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/04/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/04/iraq.main/index.htmlA mortar round killed seven people and wounded 15 others at a busy market in a southeastern Baghdad suburb early Saturday, said an emergency police official, one day after a daytime curfew brought relative peace.Sat, 04 Mar 2006 07:10:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/22/iraq.troops/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/22/iraq.troops/index.htmlPentagon officials have been saying for some time that Iraqis must take more responsibility for securing their country. But can these local forces protect its critical infrastructure without U.S. help? Top American officials disagree, and that has caused friction between the State and Defense departments and may complicate the planned reduction of U.S. troops.Wed, 22 Feb 2006 19:13:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/27/iraq.main.intl1400/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/27/iraq.main.intl1400/index.htmlU.S. President George W. Bush was preparing a major address on the Iraq war as his defense chief predicted the insurgency could last another decade.Mon, 27 Jun 2005 18:01:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/26/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/26/iraq.main/index.htmlThree suicide bombings targeting Iraqi military and police stations killed 15 police officers and 18 civilians Sunday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, U.S. military officials said.Sun, 26 Jun 2005 06:55:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/06/24/bush.iraq/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/06/24/bush.iraq/index.htmlPresident Bush struck back Friday against growing calls to schedule a U.S. pullout from Iraq, vowing there would be no timetable to withdraw troops.Fri, 24 Jun 2005 16:58:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/19/uzbekistan.unrest/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/19/uzbekistan.unrest/index.htmlUzbekistan is unlikely to allow an independent probe into recent violent events in the central Asian nation, according to media reports.Thu, 19 May 2005 07:04:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/02/pakistan.arrests/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/02/pakistan.arrests/index.htmlPakistani intelligence officials have arrested a man they said was involved in the killing of Abdul Haq, a pro-U.S. Afghan leader who was captured and killed by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan in 2001.Mon, 02 May 2005 16:34:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/03/25/fight.iraq/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/03/25/fight.iraq/index.htmlMaybe one day flights to Iraq will be routine events. But that is certainly not the case now. The continuing insurgency explains why.Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:05:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/01/26/pendleton/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/01/26/pendleton/index.htmlThe father of a U.S. Marine killed in a helicopter crash Wednesday in Iraq said his son was due to come home in March. Twenty-nine other Marines and a Navy corpsman also died in the crash.Wed, 26 Jan 2005 18:24:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/11/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/11/iraq.main/index.htmlFear of violence will keep Iraqis in some parts of the country from voting in the national elections less than three weeks away, interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said Tuesday.Tue, 11 Jan 2005 08:22:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/14/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/14/iraq.main/index.htmlU.S. and Iraqi forces have "broken" the opposing forces in Falluja, a U.S. Marine commander said Sunday, but "isolated pockets" of insurgents remain in the restive city -- and have increased their activity elsewhere.Sun, 14 Nov 2004 08:43:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/28/iraq.abizaid/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/28/iraq.abizaid/index.htmlThe head of U.S. Central Command has given an upbeat assessment of the situation in Iraq, despite the deaths of 250 Iraqis and 29 U.S. military personnel in the last week.Tue, 28 Sep 2004 12:53:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/26/powell/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/26/powell/index.htmlThe U.S. military in Iraq will move into insurgent-filled "no-go zones" to stabilize them in advance of elections in January, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday.Sun, 26 Sep 2004 15:58:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/09/23/once.voice/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/09/23/once.voice/index.htmlPresident Bush and interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi emerged from the Oval Office and walked into the Rose Garden speaking with one voice Thursday:Thu, 23 Sep 2004 21:01:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/05/bahrain.families/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/05/bahrain.families/index.htmlFearing possible terror attacks, the head of U.S. Central Command on Monday has ordered 650 U.S. military dependents to leave Bahrain within days.Mon, 05 Jul 2004 14:03:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/14/prison.abuse.report/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/14/prison.abuse.report/index.htmlSome U.S. reserve military police and intelligence units in Iraq were ill-equipped and poorly trained for the job of guarding thousands of detainees ranging from common criminals to terrorism suspects at Abu Ghraib prison, an Army officer told CNN Monday.Mon, 14 Jun 2004 19:27:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/05/20/iraq.abuse/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/05/20/iraq.abuse/index.htmlThe CIA is investigating three cases of prisoner deaths during interrogations in Iraq and Afghanistan.Thu, 20 May 2004 18:07:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/20/congress.abuse/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/20/congress.abuse/index.htmlTwo new photographs have surfaced in the Iraq prison abuse scandal which appear to show U.S. soldiers gloating over a corpse.Thu, 20 May 2004 07:37:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/19/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/19/iraq.main/index.htmlPentagon officials Wednesday denied alleged eyewitness reports of a U.S. attack on a wedding party in a remote area of western Iraq that killed innocent civilians.Wed, 19 May 2004 17:41:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/19/congress.abuse/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/19/congress.abuse/index.htmlThe chief of U.S. forces in the Middle East told a Senate panel Wednesday there was no pattern of prisoner abuse by American troops.Wed, 19 May 2004 12:03:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/18/abuse.congress/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/18/abuse.congress/index.htmlThe Senate Armed Services Committee is poised to hold another hearing Wednesday examining the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers, but Republicans are divided over how hard to pursue the issue.Tue, 18 May 2004 23:36:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/17/occupation.tm/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/17/occupation.tm/index.htmlGeneral John Abizaid likes to travel on the edge. He is riding in a Black Hawk helicopter as it tears across the skies of central Iraq, skimming treetops and flushing startled sheep out onto the grassy pastures beneath.Mon, 17 May 2004 17:26:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/04/30/marines.prepare/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/04/30/marines.prepare/index.htmlFallujah has been ravaged by weeks of violence. Now, U.S. Marines are preparing to reposition so Iraqi security troops can take on a larger role in patrolling the city of 200,000.Fri, 30 Apr 2004 21:12:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/04/09/Baghdad.year/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/04/09/Baghdad.year/index.htmlFriday marks the one-year anniversary of the fall of Baghdad.Fri, 09 Apr 2004 20:41:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/09/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/09/iraq.main/index.htmlTwo U.S. soldiers and an unknown number of civilian contractors are unaccounted for after a fuel convoy was attacked Friday near Baghdad International Airport, a senior Pentagon official says.Fri, 09 Apr 2004 06:22:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/04/07/rumsfeld/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/04/07/rumsfeld/index.htmlDefense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld described the U.S. coalition in Iraq as engaged and determined despite a week of violence.Wed, 07 Apr 2004 20:44:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/10/binladen.hunt/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/10/binladen.hunt/index.htmlThe Pentagon is considering beefing up the already enhanced technology U.S. forces are using to search for al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden along the mountainous border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, sources said.Wed, 10 Mar 2004 16:38:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/04/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/04/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlThe commander of U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq is predicting more violence as the United States prepares to hand over the country to Iraqis but said he thinks civil war is unlikely.Thu, 04 Mar 2004 12:36:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/04/binladen.search/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/04/binladen.search/index.htmlU.S. forces searching for al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden along the mountainous border between Pakistan and Afghanistan will soon implement high-tech surveillance tactics in the region, enabling them to monitor the area 24 hours a day, seven days a week, CNN has learned.Thu, 04 Mar 2004 00:03:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/14/sprj.irq.fallujah.attack/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/14/sprj.irq.fallujah.attack/index.htmlAt least 20 people died and dozens of prisoners were set free when insurgents stormed a police station and a civil defense compound at dawn in Fallujah, Saturday, Iraqi sources said.Sat, 14 Feb 2004 10:05:00 EST