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Second British Firm Bids for Iraq Security Contract (Washington Post)
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Sat, 12 May 2007 01:52:22 GMT

The British company ArmorGroup International has emerged as one of the bidders for what is believed to be the largest U.S. security contract in Iraq, posing a challenge to another British firm that currently holds the job and is vying for the new contract, according to sources familiar with the...


U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,386 (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 12 May 2007 02:21:16 GMT

As of Friday, May 11, 2007, at least 3,386 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 2,761 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.


Commander in Iraq asks for more troops (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 12 May 2007 00:19:11 GMT

The U.S. commander in northern Iraq said Friday he doesn't have enough troops for the mission in increasingly violent Diyala province.


Families of slain Iraq reporters get aid (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 12 May 2007 00:19:10 GMT

Reporters Without Borders is providing financial help to the families of journalists killed in Iraq, the advocacy group said Friday.


Iraq war follows Bush to campus (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 11 May 2007 23:14:46 GMT

Debate may be raging in Washington over whether the Iraq war should end. But Capitol Hill has nothing on tiny St. Vincent College, where President Bush gave the commencement address Friday amid protests and controversy.


US Senate holds key to Iraq showdown (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 11 May 2007 21:50:01 GMT

The top Democrat in the US Senate Friday staked out the next tussle between Congress and the White House over Iraq, arguing that political sands were shifting against President George W. Bush.


Iraq Petition Presses for Withdrawal of U.S. Troops (New York Times)
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Fri, 11 May 2007 21:13:07 GMT

A majority of Iraq?s parliament has signed a petition for a legislative timetable governing a withdrawal of American troops from Iraq.


400 Pa. Troops Headed To Iraq (WTAE ThePittsburghChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 11 May 2007 22:05:41 GMT

About 400 U.S. Army Reserve members of the 316th Sustainment Command will be leaving for Iraq, which makes it the largest group ever from the Pittsburgh area to support Operation Iraqi Freedom.


Official: U.S. wants Saudi Iraq support (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 11 May 2007 21:17:11 GMT

The United States hasn't yet persuaded Saudi Arabia, the Sunni power broker in the Middle East and a close U.S. ally, that it should support Iraq's Shiite-led government, a senior State Department official said Friday.


Iraq lobbies Congress for U.S. support (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 11 May 2007 20:18:16 GMT

Worried Congress' support for Iraq is deteriorating rapidly, Baghdad dispatched senior officials to Capitol Hill this week to warn members one-on-one that pulling out U.S. troops would have disastrous consequences.