IRAQ - Biden on tour
Published: Tuesday | January 13, 2009
BAGHDAD (AP):
Vice-president-elect Joe Biden capped his tour of United States battlefronts with a visit to Iraq, arriving yesterday in Baghdad following trips to Afghanistan and Pakistan.
A series of bombs, meanwhile, targeted Iraqi security forces in Baghdad, providing a grim reminder of the war that President-elect Barack Obama has promised to end. At least 10 people died, officials said.
Despite near-daily attacks, violence is down sharply in Iraq, even as it climbs in Afghanistan, where Obama has promised to refocus US efforts. Biden met with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani as well as one of his deputies.