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Cheney says U.S. must not retreat from Iraq 
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U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney insisted on Friday that America must not turn its back on Iraq, even as the Bush administration considers a course change in the war after voters vented anger over it in this month's elections.Iraq Contractor Recalls Harrowing Firefight KMBC TheKansasCityChannel.com via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 45 minutes ago
David Meredith said he went to Iraq to make money and for patriotic reasons. He never served in the military. Driving trucks is what he said he knows.Tracy Soldier Killed In Iraq KCRA TheKCRAChannel.com via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 14 minutes ago
Another soldier from Tracy has been killed while serving in Iraq.For Bush in Vietnam, Iraq Comparisons Are Hard to Avoid New York Times - Nov 17 6:33 PM
President Bush said Vietnam?s transition to a modern economy gave him hope about what could be rebuilt from the ruins of Iraq.Hunt still on in Iraq for abducted contractors CNN.com - Nov 17 6:26 PM
Coalition and Iraqi troops in southeastern Iraq continued their hunt Friday night for five Western security contractors abducted the day before.AP Weblog: Things change fast in Iraq AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 5:26 PM
Associated Press writer Lauren Frayer is embedded with the Army's 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry, 172nd Stryker Brigade in Iraq. Below are reports of her experiences with the unit.Five Civilian Contractors Held Hostage in Iraq Washington Post - Nov 17 4:54 PM
BAGHDAD, Nov. 17 -- Five civilian security contractors, including 4 Americans and one Austrian, were being held hostage Friday morning after gunmen masquerading as policemen abducted them in southern Iraq, a U.S. embassy official in Baghdad said.U.S. military deaths in Iraq hit 2,863 AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 5:37 PM
As of Friday, Nov. 17, 2006, at least 2,863 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,291 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.Cheney rejects US 'retreat' from Iraq AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 4:06 PM
Vice President Dick Cheney insisted that US forces would not "retreat" from Iraq, despite strong pressure from Congress to set a timetable for withdrawal from the country.Approval of Bush policy on Iraq declines AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 2:54 PM
Americans' approval of President Bush's handling of Iraq has dropped to the lowest level ever, increasing the pressure on the commander in chief to find a way out after nearly four years of war.Georgia-based unit will be 1st Army division to serve 3 Iraq tours USA Today - Nov 17 1:32 PM
The Army's 3rd Infantry Division, which helped lead the charge to Baghdad at the outset of the war, will return next year and become the first Army division to serve three tours in Iraq. The division is one of several units totaling 57,000 troops identified for deployment in January.Firefight rages in Iraq near kidnap site AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 1:19 PM
British ground forces and U.S. military helicopters fought with gunmen Friday in southern Iraq where four American security contractors and their Austrian co-worker were abducted in a convoy hijacking near the Kuwait border.Bush urges patience on winning Iraq war AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 1:20 PM
In a land where America suffered military defeat, President Bush urged patience for the war in Iraq Friday and tried to stiffen global resolve to challenge a nuclear-armed North Korea.Confident of Iraq PM disavows warrant AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 1:21 PM
Top leaders in Iraq's Shiite-dominated government fell into deeper disarray on Friday, with an official close to the prime minister disavowing an arrest warrant issued against the country's most influential Sunni leader.U.S. sets deployments to maintain Iraq troop levels Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 12:46 PM
The Pentagon on Friday announced a major rotation of U.S. forces to replace existing units in Iraq, to help maintain current force levels as the troops try to stem deadly sectarian violence.U.S. announces troop deployments to Iraq AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 1:17 PM
The Pentagon announced Friday that 57,000 U.S. troops, including five combat brigades, have been told to deploy to Iraq early next year a move that will maintain current force levels there.US hostage killed in Iraq, two others freed: Basra official AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 12:54 PM
An American hostage was found dead and two others were rescued by police, a provincial official said, a day after they were kidnapped along with another two Westerners in southern Iraq.Pentagon announces units in next Iraq troop rotation AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 11:53 AM
Some 57,000 US troops have been ordered to deploy to Iraq early next year to begin the next rotation of the 144,000-strong US force there, a Pentagon spokesman said.Blair minister says Iraq war was 'big mistake': report AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 11:36 AM
One of Tony Blair's allies denounced the Iraq war as the British prime minister's "big mistake in foreign affairs", attacking his whole approach to international relations, British media said.Iran slams US military strategy in Iraq, Afghanistan AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 11:11 AM
Iran slammed Washington's policies in Iraq and Afghanistan and called for a revision of strategies in the region to avert further bloodshed.Bush talks on Iraq ahead of trade push at Vietnam summit AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 10:47 AM
US President George W. Bush pledged to persevere in Iraq as he swept into communist Vietnam pushing a free trade and regional security agenda for a weekend summit of key Asia Pacific leaders.Blair accepts 'disaster' in Iraq BBC News - 2 hours, 26 minutes ago
Prime Minister Tony Blair publicly accepts the violence in Iraq since the US-led invasion has been a disaster.Bush compares U.S. wars in Vietnam, Iraq AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 10:09 AM
President Bush, on his first visit to a country where America lost a two-decade-long fight against communism, said Friday the Vietnam War's lesson for today's confounding Iraq conflict is that freedom takes time to trump hatred.Five Westerners kidnapped in Iraq AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 10:14 AM
Militiamen disguised as police officers kidnapped an Austrian and four US security men guarding a 49-vehicle convoy in southern Iraq in the second abduction in three days that raised suspicions of security forces collusion.Gates to make Iraq priority if confirmed AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 10:02 AM
Robert Gates, President Bush's pick for defense secretary, emerged from meetings on Capitol Hill Friday to say Iraq would be a top priority for him if confirmed by the Senate.Democrats and Withdrawal from Iraq: Asking Too Much? The Nation via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 8:31 AM
The Nation -- For Democrats, here's the bad news: now that they have won control of Congress, they are expected to not only criticize President Bush's policies in Iraq but to derive a solution to the mess he has created.57,000 U.S. troops headed for Iraq in early 2007 CNN.com - Nov 17 10:11 AM
About 57,000 U.S. troops will be sent to Iraq in early 2007 to maintain the current force levels there, Pentagon officials said Friday.Pentagon wants 127 bln dlrs more for Iraq, Afghanistan: US senator AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 10:06 AM
The Pentagon plans to ask Congress for an additional 127 billion dollars for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2007, a top Senate Democrat's office said.In Vietnam, Bush reaffirms Iraq cause CNN.com - Nov 17 9:27 AM
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- President Bush, on his first visit to a country where the United States lost a two-decade-long fight against communism, said Friday the Vietnam War's lesson for today's confounding Iraq conflict is that freedom takes time to trump hatred.Iran leader offers talks with Rome on Iraq, Mideast Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 9:19 AM
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has told Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi in a letter that he is willing to consult Rome on working for peace in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East.5 contractors abducted in Iraq hijacking AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 8:39 AM
British ground forces and U.S. military helicopters fought with gunmen Friday in southern Iraq where four American security contractors and their Austrian co-worker were abducted in a convoy hijacking.Americans seized in Iraq convoy hijack Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 9:10 AM
British and U.S. forces hunted four kidnapped Americans and an Austrian in southern Iraq on Friday, a day after the truck convoy they were guarding was hijacked at a fake security checkpoint near the Kuwaiti border.Kurdish rebels defiant in northern Iraq mountains AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 8:34 AM
High in the mountains of northern Iraq, fighters of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) have voiced defiance over threats by Iraqi and Turkish officials to root them out of their bases.Pentagon announces next Iraq troop rotation of 57,000 for 2007 AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 9:15 AM
Some 57,000 US troops have been ordered to deploy to Iraq early next year as part of the next rotation of the 144,000-strong US force there.For Bush, at APEC, Vietnam offers lessons on Iraq International Herald Tribune - Nov 17 8:45 AM
President George W. Bush said there were lessons to be learned from the divisive conflict - the longest in U.S. history - as the U.S. wages an unpopular war in Iraq that is now in its fourth year.Raids follow abduction of Iraq convoy guards Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 8:13 AM
British and U.S. forces mounted raids in southern Iraq on Friday, a day after four Americans and an Austrian were abducted when the civilian convoy they were guarding was hijacked, Iraqi security sources said.Abizaid: 'Too Soon to Say We Have Failed' in Iraq Fox News - 2 hours, 54 minutes ago
The war in Iraq and against Middle East extremists is the defining battle of this generation, Gen. John Abizaid, U.S. commander in the Middle East, said on Friday.Marines in Iraq expanding adviser teams AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 7:47 AM
A step ahead of his Pentagon bosses, a colonel in Iraq's troubled Anbar province is moving Marines out of combat slots to expand U.S. teams advising Iraqi army units.Bush Cites Lessons for Iraq in Vietnam New York Times - Nov 17 7:33 AM
Chief among lessons for the war in Iraq, he said, was that ?we?ll succeed unless we quit.?.Violence in Iraq Called Increasingly Complex Washington Post - Nov 17 6:08 AM
Attacks in Iraq reached a high of approximately 180 a day last month, reflecting an increasingly complicated conflict that includes sectarian clashes of Sunni and Shiite militias on top of continuing strikes by insurgents, criminal gangs and al-Qaeda terrorists, according to the directors of the CIA and the Defense Intelligence Agency.... 4 Americans Are Abducted in Iraq New York Times - Nov 17 6:33 AM
American and British military forces scoured farmland in southern Iraq today looking for the Americans and their Austrian colleague.Debate Grows Over Beefing Up U.S. Force in Iraq Washington Post - Nov 17 6:21 AM
The debate about how to proceed in Iraq, which in the past few months has focused on withdrawing U.S. troops, now includes serious discussion about adding more forces to the fight. In Vietnam, Bush Talks About Iraq CBS News - Nov 17 5:41 PM
As he opened a four-day visit, President Bush marveled at the sights in what was the capital city of a former bitter enemy of the U.S. and said the lesson from the Vietnam War is that it will take time for freedom to trump hatred in Iraq.Bush: Emerging U.S.-Vietnam relations offer a lesson in patience with Iraq war USA Today - Nov 17 7:08 AM
Emerging American-Vietnamese relations offer a lesson in patience in the war on Iraq, President Bush said Friday as he became the second U.S. president to visit the nation.Bush draws Vietnam lesson for Iraq: don't quit AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 5:47 AM
US President George W. Bush, making his first visit to Vietnam, said that one lesson of the bloody US military defeat here a generation ago was that the United States must be patient in Iraq.Iran needs 'practical' moves by US before talks over Iraq AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 6:28 AM
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said that Tehran needed to see "practical" moves and a new attitude by the United States before any talks about Iraq.Contractors In Iraq Are Targets For Attack CBS News - Nov 17 5:24 PM
Tens of thousands of civilians are deployed in Iraq, providing logistical support to the troops. Most are motivated by patriotism and the hefty pay. But as Armen Keteyian reports, the danger is great and the toll is high.Minnesota beauty queen trades sash for fatigues as her Guard unit deploys to Iraq USA Today - Nov 17 7:42 AM
Jessica Gaulke is trading in her sash as a Minnesota beauty queen for Army fatiguesand Iraq.Dutch demand 'Iraq abuse' probe CNN.com - Nov 17 5:56 AM
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (Reuters) -- A report that Dutch military intelligence abused prisoners in Iraq in 2003 prompted calls on Friday for an investigation, as opposition politicians alleged a government cover-up just days before a general election.Bob Cesca: President Bush: Driving Iraq Towards A Wall Of Death HuffingtonPost - Nov 17 4:48 PM
"We'll succeed unless we quit," has to be one of the president's most ridiculous and dangerous statements about Iraq since, "Those weapons of mass destruction have to be around here somewhere." No wait. It was one of the most dangerous things he's said since, "It'll be just a comma." That's not it. Since, "Bring 'em on," maybe? Ah hell. There are so many stupid, dangerous and ridiculous things Baker Met Syrians to Urge Cooperation on Iraq Unrest (Update1) Bloomberg.com - Nov 17 3:44 PM
Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Former Secretary of State James Baker, co-chairman of the panel reviewing American policy in Iraq, met with Syrian officials to urge their cooperation in quelling the violent insurgency, Syria's envoy to the U.S. said.In Vietnam for APEC, Bush talks on Iraq Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 5:41 AM
U.S. President George W. Bush began a visit to former foe Vietnam with talks about Iraq -- another unpopular war -- as Pacific rim leaders gathered in Hanoi on Friday for a summit on trade and security issues.Five Western security guards kidnapped in Iraq AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 4:58 AM
Militiamen disguised as police officers have kidnapped an Austrian and four US security men guarding a 49-vehicle convoy in southern Iraq in the second abduction in three days that raised suspicions of security force collusion.Bush and Howard discuss Iraq, Australian detainee AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 4:44 AM
US President George W. Bush has assured Australian Prime Minister John Howard that he would consult him on any "repositioning" of forces in Iraq as part of a shift in strategy there.Dutch inquiry into Iraq 'abuses' BBC News - Nov 17 1:16 PM
The Dutch government orders an inquiry into reports that its troops tortured prisoners in Iraq in 2003.Soldier gets 90 years in Iraq rape case AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 3:49 AM
A soldier who was sentenced to 90 years in prison for conspiring to rape a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and kill her and her family said he knew his actions would harm support for the U.S. military's mission in Iraq.Bush, Howard to consult on any Iraq changes AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 2:58 AM
US President George W. Bush has assured Australian Prime Minister John Howard that he would consult him on any "repositioning" of forces in Iraq, ahead of a likely shift in US strategy.Austria confirms one Austrian, four Americans snatched in Iraq AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 3:10 AM
An Austrian foreign ministry spokeswoman has confirmed that one Austrian and four US citizens have been taken hostage in Iraq.3rd Infantry to send more to Iraq Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Nov 17 5:23 PM
Two more units from the Georgia-based 3rd Infantry Division have received their marching orders for Iraq. About 4,000 soldiers from the division's 3rd Brigade at Fort Benning and 800 from the headquarters at Fort Stewart will be going to the war zone some time early next year, the Pentagon announced Friday. They are part of a force of about 20,000 soldiers from five active duty combat brigades 4 American security contractors kidnapped in Iraq USA Today - Nov 17 1:42 AM
Five security contractors four Americans and an Austrian were being held hostage Friday after their convoy was hijacked in southern Iraq, officials said.Bush talks Iraq, free trade ahead of Vietnam summit AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 2:09 AM
US President George W. Bush has kicked off a state visit to communist Vietnam with talks on Iraq, ahead of a weekend Asia Pacific summit focused on the drive for global free trade.Bush Urges Patience on Winning Iraq War ABC News - Nov 17 12:40 PM
President Bush Urges Patience for Iraq War; Tries to Stiffen Resolve to Challenge North KoreaSoldier awarded compensation for witnessing Iraq injury AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 1:49 AM
A British soldier serving in Iraq was paid 370,000 pounds in compensation after witnessing a colleague being injured in an accident, the defence ministry has said.Analysis | Bush s familiar words on Iraq echo in a striking setting: Vietnam The State - 28 minutes ago
WASHINGTON President Bush s words on Iraq sounded familiar: We ll succeed unless we quit. It s where he said them that might give pause: in the capital of Vietnam, a country the U.S. did quit and which now is hailed as an economic marvel.Americans still missing in Iraq The State - 28 minutes ago
BAGHDAD, Iraq The mystery surrounding the kidnapping of four American security contractors and their Austrian co-worker deepened Friday, a day after their convoy was hijacked by about 30 gunmen in Iraqi police uniforms in a rugged desert strip near the border with Kuwait.5 held captive following hijacking in Iraq AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 1:46 AM
Four American security contractors and their Austrian co-worker were being held hostage Friday after their convoy was hijacked in southern Iraq, officials said.Coalition forces probe hijacking in Iraq USA Today - Nov 17 12:42 AM
U.S. and British forces were seeking information Friday about the hijacking of a convoy containing up to 14 civilians in southern Iraq.A role for Iran in an Iraq exit strategy The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Nov 17 12:00 AM
Apparently despairing of resolving the Iraq conflict within Iraq alone, the bipartisan Iraq Study Group has begun exploring ways to enlist the influence of neighboring countries - Syria, and especially Iran, which has influence with the Shiites of Iraq.Four Americans missing after Iraq convoy attack Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 16 11:49 PM
Five foreigners, including four Americans, were taken hostage in southern Iraq when a civilian truck convoy was hijacked just after crossing the Kuwaiti border, Iraqi security sources said on Friday.Gavin Scott: Through the Conference Hall and Out of Iraq HuffingtonPost - Nov 17 10:34 AM
The news that Iranian television is broadcasting government-approved demands that US troops STAY in Iraq until the situation is stabilized offers an extraordinary opportunity. Not, as Tony Blair has suggested for direct talks between the US and Iran about the future of Iraq - a proposal the White House has already frowned on - but for a way of disengaging ourselves from the region without it Firefight Rages in Iraq Near Kidnap Site ABC News - Nov 17 11:25 AM
Firefight Rages in Iraq Where 5 Security Contractors, Including 4 Americans, Were Seized'Iraq' as seen by those closest to it Los Angeles Daily News - 2 hours, 27 minutes ago
An elderly Kurdish man, speaking in James Longley's documentary "Iraq in Fragments," predicts that his country will inevitably be divided into three parts. A few moments later, the voice of an unseen child casts doubt on that prophecy and asks how you cut up a country. "With a saw?"U.S. vets make Vietnam-Iraq generational transition Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 16 11:31 PM
Aging American veterans of the unpopular Vietnam War are passing the torch of political advocacy to a younger generation coming out of Iraq with many of the same physical and mental scars.Arrest of Sunni leader sought in Iraq AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 16 11:28 PM
The Shiite-led Interior Ministry issued an arrest warrant Thursday for the top leader of the country's Sunni minority a move certain to inflame already raging sectarian violence in Iraq.Tracy soldier killed in Iraq San Jose Mercury News - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago
Friendly fire suspected A Tracy man died this week from injuries suffered in combat in Iraq, possibly from friendly fire, the military said today.Iraq war shadows Bush visit to Vietnam AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 16 11:13 PM
President Bush said Friday the United States' unsuccessful war in Vietnam three decades ago offered lessons for the American-led struggle in Iraq. "We'll succeed unless we quit," Bush said shortly after arriving in this one-time war capital.UK worker feared killed in Iraq BBC News - Nov 17 8:56 AM
A British security worker is feared dead and another injured in a shooting in Iraq, the Foreign Office says.Civilian convoy hijacked in Iraq AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 16 11:21 PM
A convoy of civilians was hijacked in southern Iraq on Thursday and up to 14 people were abducted, the U.S. military said. Four Americans were believed to be among the captives, an official said.Iraq not a failure: US commander NDTV - 26 minutes ago
The war in Iraq and the wider war against extremists in the Middle East is the defining conflict of the generation, the top US commander for the Middle East told a Harvard University forum.Americans feared hostage after Iraq convoy attack Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 16 10:54 PM
Four Americans may have been taken hostage in southern Iraq when a civilian truck convoy was hijacked at a security checkpoint but details remained sketchy, the U.S. military and local police said on Friday.Blair admits Iraq is a 'disaster' Guardian Unlimited - Nov 17 6:16 PM
Intervention in Iraq 'pretty much of a disaster' admits prime minister, as minister calls it his 'big mistake'.U.S. Announces Troop Deployments to Iraq San Francisco Chronicle - Nov 17 2:04 PM
The Pentagon announced Friday that 57,000 U.S. troops, including five combat brigades, have been told to deploy to Iraq early next year _ a move that will maintain current force levels there. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld signed the deployment... Keep Watch Over Iraq War Billions Detroit Free Press - Nov 17 2:25 PM
A stealth move to squelch accountability for billions of the American tax dollars being spent in Iraq has caused a welcome uprising in Congress, even as it remains in Republican control during the current lame-duck session.5 Contractors Abducted in Iraq Hijacking ABC News - Nov 17 8:55 AM
4 Americans Among 5 Security Contractors Abducted in Iraq Convoy HijackingDurbin dismisses Bush's call for patience in Iraq St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Nov 17 1:06 PM
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Soon to be the second-ranking Democrat in the new Senate, Illinois' Dick Durbin swatted away President Bush's calls Friday for patience on the U.S. mission in Iraq, saying "it is time for the Iraqis to stand up and defend their own country."Iraq war 'pretty much a disaster', Blair concedes Times Online - Nov 17 5:02 PM
TONY BLAIR went close last night to admitting that the invasion of Iraq had been disastrous....Iraq Embed KTRE-TV East Texas - 14 minutes ago
BAGHDAD, Iraq Embedded reporters see U-S soldiers at their bravest and most vulnerable moments _ through battles but also through bouts of boredom in the field.4 Americans Abducted In Deadly Iraq Hijack CBS News - Nov 17 8:11 AM
An Austrian was killed and four U.S. citizens were abducted after their convoy of security contractors was hijacked in southern Iraq. One of the Americans -- who was serioulsy wounded -- was later releasedIraq 'pretty much of a disaster' admits Blair Guardian Unlimited - Nov 17 4:21 PM
Politics: Downing Street plays down slip in TV interview as Hodge says Iraq was prime minister's 'big mistake'.AP Weblog: Things Change Fast in Iraq AP via Yahoo! Asia News - Nov 17 5:26 PM
Associated Press writer Lauren Frayer is embedded with the Army's 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry, 172nd Stryker Brigade in Iraq.Intervention in Iraq 'pretty much of a disaster' admits Blair, as minister calls it his 'big mistake' Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 40 minutes ago
Tony Blair conceded last night that western intervention in Iraq had been a disaster. In an interview with Al-Jazeera, the Arabic TV station, the prime minister agreed with the veteran broadcaster Sir David Frost when he suggested that intervention had "so far been pretty much of a disaster".Americans among contractors abducted in Iraq CNN.com - Nov 16 8:11 PM
Fourteen security contractors, including four Americans, were abducted Thursday when a supply convoy was ambushed in southern Iraq, a U.S. military spokesman told CNN.Hodge says Iraq was Blair's "mistake" Reuters.co.uk - 2 hours, 21 minutes ago
LONDON (Reuters) - A government minister was quoted on Friday as saying the Iraq war was Prime Minister Tony Blair's "big mistake in foreign affairs", in a potential new embarrassment for the government.22nd Signal Brigade cites 'improved' tour in Iraq Stars and Stripes - Nov 17 5:04 PM
DARMSTADT, Germany As members of the 22nd Signal Brigade tell it, a lot has changed in Iraq since the unit s first deployment in the earliest days of the war.Elections energize new debate on Iraq USA Today - Nov 16 7:16 PM
"American troops are caught in the midst of a civil war between Sunnis and Shiites. ... Iraqis want the U.S. to leave their country, and the presence of Western 'infidels' in Iraq inspires the terrorist groups that grow stronger every day America spends in Iraq," one editorial reads.On the 1st Anniverary of Murtha's Call for Iraq Pullout Editor & Publisher - 1 hour, 35 minutes ago
Exactly one year ago, Rep. John Murtha issued his surprising call for the start of a U.S. pullout from Iraq. Editorial writers and pundits declared: Not yet. Twelve months later, the death and violence have only increased. Now what will the opinion shapers say?2 more Fort Hood soldiers die in Iraq KTRE-TV East Texas - 14 minutes ago
WASHINGTON The Defense Department today announced the combat deaths of two more Ford Hood soldiers in Iraq.Iraq govt orders arrest of top Sunni cleric Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 16 7:57 PM
Iraq's Shi'ite-led government ordered the arrest of the country's most prominent Sunni cleric on Thursday on suspicion of terrorism, a move that could further raise sectarian tension amid a rash of kidnappings and killings.Minister 'attacks Iraq mistake' BBC News - Nov 17 5:33 AM
Minister Margaret Hodge calls the Iraq war Tony Blair's "big mistake in foreign affairs," a newspaper reports.Iraq war a big mistake, Blair ally says Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 39 minutes ago
Tony Blair has come under fire from one of his closest government allies over the Iraq war and his wider foreign policy, it was reported today. Margaret Hodge apparently told a branch meeting of the Fabian Society that the war had been the prime minister's "big mistake in foreign affairs".