End of combat: "Just 43 days after announcing the start of the war in Iraq, President Bush on Thursday told the nation that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended." He said the toppling of Saddam Hussein's government was "one victory in a war on terror that began on Sept. 11th, 2001, and still goes on." He spoke not from the White House but from the deck of the aircraft carrrier USS Abraham Lincoln, a dramatic setting that also exerted maximum political effect for the president."
In CNN - War Tracker
Bush declares Iraq fighting over as Powell turns heat on Syria: "US President George W. Bush declared the major fighting in Iraq over but warned Washington might confront other "outlaw" regimes in its war on terror as Secretary of State Colin Powell headed to Syria to press it to end its support for Arab militants. (AFP)"
In Yahoo! News: War with Iraq