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Iraq says may be near anti-Qaeda deal with rebels 
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A senior Iraqi official said on Thursday the government was holding talks with some major insurgent groups that might be nearing a point where a number would join a fight to drive al Qaeda out of Iraq.Democrats set Iraq deadline in war bill AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
Senate Democrats on Wednesday revived legislation urging President Bush to bring combat troops home from Iraq in a year, attaching the plan to a $122 billion measure needed to fund the war.Congressman compares Iraq and Detroit AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 29 minutes ago
A Republican congressman from Michigan said parts of Iraq are no more dangerous than Detroit, drawing the ire of the mayor's office and the state Democratic Party.Farm aid plumps up Iraq funding USA Today - 1 hour, 29 minutes ago
Three months after promising to curtail spending on pet legislative projects, House Democrats have salted the Iraq emergency spending bill with $3.7 billion for farm interests that make significant donations to Democrats.U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,224 AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 21 4:53 PM
As of Wednesday, March 21, 2007, at least 3,224 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 2,601 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.House Democrats in last-minute budget haggling over Iraq AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 21 4:02 PM
Democrats in the US House of Representatives engaged in last-minute haggling Wednesday on the eve of an expected debate over a controversial 124 billion dollar budget supplemental to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.House Democrats see Iraq withdrawal bill win Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 21 3:15 PM
Democratic leaders predicted on Wednesday the House of Representatives will pass a war-funding bill that sets a strict timetable for withdrawing American combat troops from Iraq, as they struggled to round up sufficient votes.Senators set Iraq deadline in war bill AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 21 2:14 PM
Senate Democrats have drafted a $121.5 billion war spending bill that would direct President Bush to begin bringing home troops from Iraq with the goal of ending U.S. combat missions there in just over a year.Senate, House maneuver toward Iraq pullout votes CNN.com - Mar 21 11:10 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democrats have drafted a $121.5 billion war spending bill that would direct President Bush to begin bringing home troops from Iraq in just over a year.Clinton, Obama rivalry flares over Iraq AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 21 10:24 AM
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama Wednesday pushed back against accusations that his oft-repeated opposition to the Iraq war was not borne out by his Senate record.Defense vows crackdown on fraud in Iraq USA Today - Mar 21 9:53 AM
Defense Department investigators said Tuesday they are going to be more aggressive suspending or barring companies from doing U.S. contract work in Iraq if they are involved in war profiteering there.Middle East fears broken Iraq BBC News - Mar 21 5:58 PM
Iraq's neighbours fear the consequences of a broken Iraq, says the BBC's Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen.Kurds prosper in new Iraq BBC News - Mar 21 5:28 PM
Compared with the rest of Iraq, the Kurds in the north have done well in the past four years, says Jim Muir.Former Steelers Defensive Lineman Deployed To Iraq WTAE ThePittsburghChannel.com via Yahoo! News - Mar 21 9:51 AM
Former Pittsburgh Steelers defensive lineman Jeremy Staat is being deploying to Iraq.Duty in Iraq grinds down diplomats USA Today - Mar 21 7:52 AM
Much has been written about the stretched U.S. military in Iraq, but there has been less focus on State Department diplomats who have been thrust into the most dangerous posting of their careers. More than 1,300 U.S. diplomats have served in Iraq since 2003, and three have been killed there.Skelton Frets That Iraq War Is Eroding Military CBS News - 1 hour, 45 minutes ago
Rep. Ike Skelton, the Missouri Democrat and chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has told defense writers that his chief concern as the war in Iraq enters its fifth year is troop readiness. Tillman's buddy, former player, heading to Iraq USA Today - Mar 21 9:54 AM
Jeremy Staat, a former NFL player who joined the Marines and was motivated by college roommate Pat Tillman, was heading for the war himself Tuesday night. Lance Cpl. Staat, a former defensive lineman for the Steelers and Rams who had been playing Arena Football, was one of 300 Marines in the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment being deployed from Kaneohe Bay. The unit is expected to be in Iraq for ...Howard vows to stand by US in Iraq, despite public opposition AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 21 7:45 AM
Australian Prime Minister John Howard vowed Wednesday to stand by ally the United States in its war in Iraq, despite mounting public opposition at home to his defiant stance.Hot Air On Iraq by Marianna Belenkaya RIA Novosti Commentator Moscow (RIA Novosti) March 20, 2007 Space War - 40 minutes ago
On March 10, an international conference initiated by the Iraqi government in an effort to stop the armed clashes and sectarian war in the country, was held in Baghdad. The problem will now be taken up by the Group of Eight, or G-8, foreign ministers and their counterparts from Iraq's neighbors.Report: Iraq diaspora is humanitarian crisis MSNBC - Mar 21 4:10 PM
An investigation by Refugees International obtained by NBC News says the U.N. expects 1 million more Iraqis to be displaced this year within Iraq. This on top of an exodus of 2 million Iraqis who've already fled their country because of the civil war, threatening to overwhelm neighboring Jordan and Syria. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports. Former NFL player Staat to deploy to Iraq Sports Illustrated - Mar 21 5:24 AM
A former NFL player who joined the Marines and was motivated by college roommate Pat Tillman, who died in Afghanistan, was heading for the war in Iraq Tuesday night.Soldier from Bridgeport dies in Iraq Boston Globe - 1 hour, 30 minutes ago
A soldier from Bridgeport has died in a roadside bombing in Iraq, the Department of Defense confirmed Wednesday night.Homefront salute for soldiers in Iraq The Christian Science Monitor - Mar 21 2:42 PM
Like GIs, the phrase 'Support our troops' should not be used to win the political debate over Iraq. David Sirota: A Memo to the Progressive Caucus On the Eve of the Iraq Vote HuffingtonPost - Mar 21 3:18 PM
With the Iraq War vote coming in the next day or two, this is a strategy memo that I sent to the Congressional Progressive Caucus. I apologize for it not being hyperlinked and for it running long, but I am on the road and the vote is imminent. "As an organizer I start from where the world is, as it is, not as I would like it to be," wrote Saul Alinsky, one of the 20th Century's most ...Australia PM: Iraq may hurt re-election AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 21 3:13 AM
Prime Minister John Howard conceded Wednesday that keeping Australian troops in Iraq could cost him re-election but said he would not abandon the United States.Our view on Congress and Iraq: Pork has no place in 'emergency' war bill USA Today - 23 minutes ago
Our view on Congress and Iraq: Pork has no place in 'emergency' war bill Larding the Iraq funding legislation cheapens the debate over pullout. With the House poised to vote as early as today on a $124.1 billion budget bill... Clinton's Campaign Clashes With Obama's Team Over Iraq Fox News - Mar 21 1:49 PM
Democratic White House hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton's campaigns clashed over opposition to the Iraq war.Japanese rally against Iraq war as U.S. general visits Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 21 2:22 AM
Japanese opponents of the war in Iraq demonstrated in central Tokyo on Wednesday, as government ministers assured the top U.S. general they would continue to provide military back-up.Australian PM shifts debate back to Iraq, defense Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 21 1:31 AM
Prime Minister John Howard committed Australian troops to remain in Iraq for as long as needed on Wednesday as he moved to shift political debate back to his strengths of defense and national security.The Iraq War in History The Globalist - 28 minutes ago
March 20, 2007 marked the beginning of the fifth year of the war in Iraq. To put the duration of the war in context, we present a sample edition of our Globalist Quiz, which is syndicated weekly in dozens of newspapers around the world such as the Boston Globe, San Jose Mercury News, Die Presse and La Nacion.Another plea possible in Iraq atrocity AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 21 1:32 AM
A 23-year-old soldier from Texas charged in one of the worst atrocities in the Iraq war is considering a plea offer, his attorney told a Houston newspaper.UK pull-out in Iraq 'surprise' PA via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - 52 minutes ago
Iraq's defence minister expressed surprise when Tony Blair announced 1,600 UK troops were being pulled out of Basra.US Democrats haggled over Iraq war budget Daily Telegraph - 2 hours, 6 minutes ago
DEMOCRATS in the US House of Representatives engaged in last-minute haggling today on the eve of an expected debate over a controversial $US124 billion ($153.7 billion) Budget supplemental to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.Clinton, Obama campaigns clash over Iraq AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 20 11:06 PM
The Iraq war, a defining issue of the 2008 presidential race, has turned into a proxy fight between Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama over credibility and leadership.Outside View: Hot air on Iraq UPI - Mar 21 8:59 AM
Why should the Group of Eight nations meet in Istanbul next month to discuss the war in Iraq if their role there would be purely decorative?Clinton, Obama tensions simmer over Iraq AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 20 10:29 PM
Dueling Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are veering onto collision course over Iraq, as the war which ripped schisms in US politics now tears at the 2008 White House race.Staat to deploy to Iraq The Arizona Republic - Mar 21 2:19 PM
HONOLULU - A former ASU Sun Devil and Pittsburgh Steeler who left the sport to join the Marines and was motivated by college roommate Pat Tillman was heading for the war in Iraq Tuesday night.Democrats Split on Iraq Bill Washington Post - Mar 20 10:06 PM
One of the Democrats' chief designated vote counters, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), is actively working against the Iraq war spending bill. The leadership's senior chief deputy whip, Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), spoke passionately against it on the House floor. And one of the whip organization's... Insurgents top Iraq's daily death toll UPI - Mar 21 10:05 AM
The daily death tally from Iraq Wednesday showed 13 of the 20 reported deaths were insurgents and al-Qaida sympathizers, local and military reports said.Senate Democrats set Iraq deadline in war bill Baltimore Sun - Mar 21 5:30 PM
House leaders pushing similar measure calling for troop withdrawal by fall 2008 Senate Democrats today revived legislation urging President Bush to bring combat troops home from Iraq in a year, attaching the plan to a $122 billion measure needed to fund the war. Outline Iraq plan Rudd tells PM Adelaide Now - Mar 21 5:19 PM
PRIME Minister John Howard needs to explain his strategy for winning the war in Iraq, Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd said today.New doubts over Iraq intelligence BBC News - Mar 21 6:14 AM
A senior Whitehall figure tells the BBC he regrets not challenging how intelligence on Iraq was used before the war.Explain your Iraq strategy, Rudd urges PM ABC via Yahoo!7 News - Mar 21 5:06 PM
The Federal Opposition Leader says the Prime Minister has a responsibility to the Australian public to explain his strategy for winning the war in Iraq.Australian PM admits Iraq war unpopular AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 20 8:52 PM
Prime Minister John Howard conceded Wednesday that his country's commitment to the Iraq war is unpopular, but said he is willing to sacrifice his government over the issue in elections this year.Former NFL player Staat to deploy to Iraq NFL.com - Mar 21 8:48 AM
HONOLULU (March 21, 2007) -- A former NFL player who joined the Marines and was motivated by college roommate Pat Tillman, who died in Afghanistan, was heading for the war in Iraq.Clinton Camp Aims to Minimize Differences With Obama on Iraq Washington Post - Mar 20 9:22 PM
In criticizing Sen. Barack Obama over his early views on Iraq, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign appears to be trying to blur the differences between the two on the war and seeking to direct attention away from criticism of her vote to authorize it. Iraq Vice President calls for insurgent talks Daily Telegraph - 2 hours, 55 minutes ago
The Vice President of Iraq yesterday called for talks to be opened with insurgent groups in an attempt to end sectarian violence.U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq at 3,224 AP via Yahoo! Asia News - Mar 21 4:53 PM
As of Wednesday, March 21, 2007, at least 3,224 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.Iraq war longer than fight against Japan Adelaide Now - Mar 21 4:01 PM
THE Federal Government was repeating failed strategies in the war in Iraq which has now lasted longer than it took to defeat the Japanese in World War II, Labor said today.My Iraq: Basra business trainer BBC News - Mar 21 5:14 AM
As part of the BBC's Iraq week, five Iraqis describe their daily lives in the country.Your Iraq questions answered BBC News - Mar 21 4:00 AM
BBC correspondents answer your questions on the fourth anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq.Your Opinion: War in Iraq CNN.com - Mar 20 6:31 PM
We recently asked for your opinion on the war in Iraq. Here are some of your responses, some of which have been edited.Congressman: Parts Of Iraq Are As Safe As Detroit ClickOnDetroit - 1 hour, 46 minutes ago
A Republican congressman from Michigan who said that parts of Iraq are no more dangerous than Detroit is drawing criticism from the mayor's office and the state Democratic Party. Senators want more Iraq fraud prosecutions USA Today - Mar 20 6:57 PM
Senators pressed federal investigators Tuesday to aggressively prosecute contracting fraud in Iraq, saying the criminal cases filed aren't enough of a deterrent. Prosecutors are pursuing 28 investigations of possible misconduct among contractors in Iraq, and some of them could lead to indictments soon.A mother's grief: Rose Suarez del Solar says life has been 'hell' since son was killed in Iraq North County Times - 1 hour, 1 minute ago
ESCONDIDO -- Nearly four years after her son became the first North County resident killed in the Iraq war, Rosa Suarez del Solar is still wracked with pain.Hundreds turn out for funeral of Marine killed in Iraq Boston Globe - Mar 21 11:59 AM
Hundreds packed the church where Lance Cpl. Angel Rosa planned a Roman Catholic wedding ceremony to pay last respects Wednesday to the 21-year-old Marine killed in action in Iraq.Clinton, Obama campaigns clash over Iraq war KATC 3 Lafayette - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
NEW YORK Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is defending against accusations that his Senate record doesn't match his repeated opposition to the Iraq...Democratic Senators Add Iraq Withdrawal Dead Line To War Spending Bill Nasdaq - Mar 21 2:46 PM
(RTTNews) - US Senate Democrats have drafted a $121.5 billion war spending bill that would also include a dead line to bring back the American troops from Iraq, reported AP on Wednesday. The measure would set a nonbinding goal of pulling out combat troops from Iraq by March 31, 2008.Dem leaders rally support for Iraq bill AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 20 6:23 PM
Up to a dozen Democrats might resist setting a deadline to end the war in Iraq, prompting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to rally prominent party members to help widen the margin for a nail-biting vote.Iraq says may be near anti-Qaeda deal with rebels Tiscali - 2 minutes ago
"We ve already established links and contacts with major insurgent groups," Muttalibi told the BBC in an interview. "One of the aims is to join with them into the fight against al Qaeda. We are almost getting there and to join forces to attack al Qaeda to get them out of Iraq," he said.Local Athlete Runs Ironman for Kids in Iraq WGRZ-TV Buffalo - 2 hours, 32 minutes ago
In the summer of 2004, when John Baldwin finished his first USA Ironman Championship, his cousin Jon Powers finished a 14-month tour of duty in Iraq. Now in the spring of 2007, John Baldwin is still doing the Ironman, and Jon Powers is still involved with the war in Iraq.New tactics saving U.S. aircraft in Iraq UPI - Mar 21 6:34 AM
New tactics, instituted after seven helicopters were downed in a month, have kept U.S. military aircraft safer from insurgent attacks in Iraq.Local former NFL player to serve in Iraq War KGET 17 Bakersfield - 2 hours, 8 minutes ago
Bakersfield native and former NFL player Jeremy Staat was headed to Iraq Wednesday night. Staat is among 300 Marines who deployed from Hawaii Tuesday night and it was the ultimate sacrifice paid by one of his friends that motivated Staat to serve. This is a story about two friends Staat is one of the two men in an exclusive club. They gave up what many young athletes dream about: to serve our ...US general admits Iraq difficulties ITV.com - Mar 21 5:03 PM
The US general who caught Saddam Hussein has admitted that Iraq has paid a heavy price since the overthrow of the late dictator. Major General Raymond Odierno, commander of the 4th Infantry Division said he hoped Iraq would return to normality within six months of Saddam being captured.Northwest lawmakers line up on Iraq spending bill KATU Portland - Mar 21 5:53 PM
With a vote on the House floor expected by week's end, several Northwest lawmakers remain undecided about legislation requiring President Bush to bring combat troops home from Iraq next year.Unit uses Bliss to train for convoy duty in Iraq El Paso Times - Mar 21 6:31 PM
McGREGOR RANGE BASE CAMP, N.M. -- Forgetting to shut your door can be a fatal mistake when performing convoy duty in Iraq.Michigan congressman says parts of Iraq are as safe as Detroit WOOD TV 8 Grand Rapids - Mar 21 6:20 PM
DETROIT -- A Republican congressman from Michigan who said that parts of Iraq are no more dangerous than Detroit is drawing criticism from the mayor's office and the state Democratic...Former Tillman teammate headed to Iraq Fox Sports - Mar 21 5:52 AM
A former NFL player who joined the Marines and was motivated by college roommate Pat Tillman, who died in Afghanistan, was heading for the war in Iraq Tuesday night. Lance Cpl. Jeremy Staat, a former defensive lineman for the Pittsburgh Steelers and St. Louis Rams who had been playing Arena Football, was one of 300 Marines in the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment being deployed from Kaneohe Bay. ...Iraq War claims another soldier with Utah ties The Salt Lake Tribune - Mar 21 1:33 PM
Posted: 1:57 PM- The Iraq War has claimed the life of yet another soldier with Utah ties, 32-year-old Stephen Kowalczyk. Kowalczyk, was shot on March 14 by a sniper while on patrol with his Texas-based cavalry unit in Muqdadiyah, about 50 miles north of Baghdad. Family members say Kowalczyk was a globetrotter whose travels took him from high school in New Mexico to a pineapple farm in ...Iraq war victim released from Strong Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Mar 21 1:01 PM
The Greece man is likely the first Iraq war victim to be treated at Strong Memorial Hospital.Iraq needs time, not a timetable: PM ABC via Yahoo!7 News - Mar 21 1:04 PM
The Prime Minister says the international community must stay engaged at the hard end of the struggle in Iraq.U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,223 AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 20 6:00 PM
As of Tuesday, March 20, 2007, at least 3,223 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 2,601 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.PM says troops will remain in Iraq 7News via Yahoo!7 News - Mar 21 1:41 PM
Prime Minister John Howard has refused to set a timetable to withdraw Australian troops from Iraq, saying it is not in our national interest.New Zealand PM says ties with US warm despite Iraq, nuclear divisions AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 20 5:50 PM
New Zealand's Prime Minister Helen Clark said Tuesday that ties with the United States had improved after being strained over Wellington's refusal to join the US-led war in Iraq and differences over nuclear policy.Democrats Set Iraq Deadline in War Bill The San Francisco Examiner - Mar 21 4:53 PM
(AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic) U.S. army soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment prepare to storm a house in western Baghdad's Sunni neighborhood of Ghazaliyah, Iraq, Wednesday, March 21, 2007. U.S. troops conducted a major house to house search in parts of Ghazaliyah Wednesday.Iraq VP calls for talks with insurgents Adelaide Now - Mar 21 12:09 PM
IRAQ'S vice-president today called for talks with the country's myriad insurgent groups as the only way to tame violence more than a month into a massive security plan to quell Baghdad.Clinton, Obama Rivalry Flares Over Iraq ABC News - Mar 21 3:58 AM
Clinton, Obama Campaigns Clash Over Opposition to Iraq War and 2002 VoteHouse Democrats see Iraq withdrawal bill win Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News - Mar 21 12:51 PM
Democratic leaders on Wednesday predicted the U.S. House of Representatives will pass a war-funding bill that sets a strict timetable for withdrawing American combat troops from Iraq, after struggling to round up sufficient votes.1st ID soldier killed in Iraq is 25th Dagger casualty Stars and Stripes - Mar 21 1:36 PM
The Defense Department has identified a 1st Infantry Division soldier who was killed last week in Iraq.Speed training builds skills for Iraq infantry Stars and Stripes - Mar 21 1:35 PM
AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq The 45 days of basic boot camp for Iraqi recruits are not nearly enough training, not if they join an Iraqi Army division in Anbar province, said U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Aslan Altan.Australian leader says he won't change Iraq policy despite its unpopularity WLUC TV 6 - 18 minutes ago
CANBERRA, Australia Prime Minister John Howard concedes that his country's commitment to the Iraq war is unpopular but he says he plans to stay the course politically.Democrats Set Iraq Deadline In War Bill FOX 5 Atlanta - Mar 21 3:58 PM
WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats on Wednesday revived legislation urging President Bush to bring combat troops home from Iraq in a year, attaching it to a $122 billion measure needed to fund the war.US bill would fight waste, fraud in Iraq rebuilding effort AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 20 3:20 PM
Democrats in the US Congress introduced legislation Tuesday to fight corruption in the US reconstruction effort in Iraq, which has been riddled with fraud and waste.Greece Conrtractor Hurt in Iraq 13WHAM Rochester - Mar 21 4:45 PM
Rochester, N.Y. -A civilian contractor from Greece was seriously hurt while working in Iraq. He was released Wednesday from Strong Hospital.Hallsville Soldier Home From Iraq KLTV 7 Tyler - 30 minutes ago
An east Texas soldier is home for good , after enduring 12 months in the insurgent strongholds of Iraq.Iraq war widows ABC 13 Toledo - Mar 21 4:14 PM
Eight-month-old Benton Smith was born two years after his dad died in the Iraq war. Before Lieutenant Brian Smith left for Iraq, he and his wife Kathleen had been trying to have children. Brian donated his sperm so Kathleen could keep trying to get pregnant while he was away.Soldier pleads guilty in Iraq rape, murders WNCT Greenville - 29 minutes ago
(AP) - A guilty plea from a soldier at Fort Campbell in one of the most shocking atrocities committed by US troops in the Iraq war.Army soldier from Holstein, Neb. killed in Iraq The Beatrice Daily Sun - 1 hour, 20 minutes ago
HOLSTEIN, Neb. - A 26-year-old Army soldier from Holstein was killed in Iraq Monday by a roadside bomb, family members said Wednesday. Army Sgt. Wayne Cornell's family said officials from Fort Riley, Kan., told them Tuesday that Cornell was killed, but said they didn't have other details.Clinton, Obama campaigns clash over Iraq war WLUC TV 6 - 1 hour, 33 minutes ago
NEW YORK Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is defending against accusations that his Senate record doesn't match his repeated opposition to the Iraq war.Tillman's Roommate Deploys To Iraq The Boston Channel - Mar 21 11:21 AM
The college roommate of slain Army Ranger and former NFL player Pat Tillman heads for Iraq. Iowa s Democrats to support Iraq spending bill The Des Moines Register - Mar 21 11:11 AM
Washington, D.C. All three of Iowa s Democrats in the U.S. House will support a war-spending bill that requires troops be withdrawn from Iraq by...Clinton Campaign Questions Obama?s Consistency on Iraq New York Times - 1 hour, 27 minutes ago
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton?s strategist has highlighted Senator Barack Obama?s votes to finance a war he says he opposes.Democrats challenge Bush this week on Iraq war Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 20 2:27 PM
Congressional Democrats on Tuesday orchestrated a showdown with President George W. Bush over the Iraq war by scheduling votes this week on withdrawing U.S. combat troops in defiance of a new White House veto threat.Australian PM shifts debate back to Iraq Stuff - Mar 21 10:12 AM
CANBERRA: Prime Minister John Howard committed Australian troops to remain in Iraq for as long as needed as he moved to shift political debate back to his strengths of defence and national security.Why did the United States fail in its war on Iraq? The Daily Star Lebannon - Mar 21 2:43 PM
On January 4, Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr., a Democrat from Delaware and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he believes that top officials in the Bush administration have privately concluded that the war in Iraq "is lost." He added that he thinks they are trying to postpone an inevitable.US surge unlikely to last into 2008-Iraq minister AlertNet - Mar 21 1:19 PM
Source: Reuters LONDON, March 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. "surge" of troops to impose security in Baghdad could last for months but is unlikely to extend into 2008, Iraq's defence minister Abdel Qader Jassim ... Iraq insurgents used children in car bombing: general AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 20 1:34 PM
Insurgents in Iraq detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle with two children in the back seat after US soldiers let it through a Baghdad checkpoint over the weekend, a senior US military official said Tuesday.Insurgents top Iraq's daily death toll New Kerala - 37 minutes ago
BAGHDAD, March 21: The daily death tally from Iraq Wednesday showed 13 of the 20 reported deaths were insurgents and al-Qaida sympathizers, local and military reports said.New tactics saving U.S. aircraft in Iraq New Kerala - 50 minutes ago
BAGHDAD, March 21: New tactics, instituted after seven helicopters were downed in a month, have kept U.S. military aircraft safer from insurgent attacks in Iraq.Congress?s Challenge on Iraq New York Times - 2 hours, 7 minutes ago
The House should vote yes, by an overwhelming, bipartisan margin, to impose benchmarks for political progress on the Iraqi government and link them to the continued presence of American combat forces.