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Iraq: After American Soldiers Are Gone
US troops will be out of Iraq in 3 weeks, leaving the world's largest embassy and an uncertain legacy. We hear some disturbing assessments of what the future may bring.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenAmerican troops will be out of Iraq in just three weeks, leaving the world's largest embassy and an uncertain legacy. We hear some disturbing assessments of what the future might bring. Also, US-Iranian tensions over drone continue to escalate, and thousands of physicists wait for news of the "God Particle."
Banner image: US Army soldiers carry their bags to shipping containers as they prepare to leave Camp Adder on December 6, 2011 at Camp Adder, near Nasiriyah, Iraq. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images
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3 storiesUS-Iranian Tensions over Drone Continue to Escalate
President Obama has formally asked Iran to return the unmanned surveillance drone that crashed on its territory. President Ahmadinejad today said he wants an apology before he even considers that possibility. On Venezuelan state TV he said, "We now have control of this plane." Josh Gerstein is White House reporter for Politico.com .
Read the story8 minIraq: After American Soldiers Are Gone
Republican candidates are roasting President Obama for leaving Iraq too soon, but it was George W. Bush who negotiated withdrawal by the end of this year. Out of 170,000 US troops that have been to Iraq in the past nine years, 4500 Americans died and 32,000 were wounded. In three weeks, the 6000 that are left will be gone too.
Read the story37 min'God Particle' Stays Tantalizingly out of Reach
The theory called " particle physics " says the universe is a vacuum full of particles, including protons and electrons. The big mystery is why the particles have mass. The search for the so-called "God Particle" has led to "the biggest manhunt in the history of physics," with two competing groups composed of thousands of scientists each.
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