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New think tank details U.S. withdrawal from Iraq (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 21 Jun 2007 04:09:29 GMT

A new think tank run by former U.S. defense officials has published a detailed plan that would have the United States withdraw from Iraq in phases, beginning next month and ending in 2012.


U.S. on offensive against al Qaeda in Iraq (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 21 Jun 2007 03:48:11 GMT

Two U.S. soldiers were killed and four wounded in an attack on their vehicle southwest of Baghdad as thousands of troops swept around Iraq's capital in a coordinated operation against militants, the military said on Thursday..


Rice Orders That Diplomatic Jobs in Iraq Be Filled First (Washington Post)
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Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:58:09 GMT

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ordered this week that U.S. diplomatic positions in Iraq must be filled before any other State Department openings in Washington or overseas are made available, raising the possibility that soon the agency will be forced to order its employees to serve in Iraq.


Giuliani: Joining Iraq group a mistake (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 21 Jun 2007 03:02:28 GMT

Republican presidential contender Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday it was a mistake for him to join the Iraq Study Group, on which he lasted just two months and failed to show for any official meetings. The former New York mayor has tried to tamp down criticism in recent days after Newsday reported that Giuliani was a no-show for two of the group's meetings and instead attended paid public ...


Antiwar Democrats Are Less Critical As Clinton Takes A New Tack on Iraq (Washington Post)
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Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:58:45 GMT

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) drew only modest boos at a gathering of liberal activists yesterday, a sign of how well her changing position on Iraq is playing in the antiwar wing of her party.


Dozens of Insurgents Killed in Iraq Offensive (Washington Post)
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Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:50:25 GMT

BAGHDAD, June 20 -- U.S. and Iraqi forces continued targeting Sunni insurgents in the city of Baqubah north of Baghdad on Wednesday, the second day of a major new offensive aimed at stamping out the Sunni extremist group al-Qaeda in Iraq.


U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,531 (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:45:46 GMT

As of Wednesday, June 20, 2007, at least 3,531 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 2,897 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.


Kidnappers of British contractors in Iraq were backed by Iran: US General (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:43:56 GMT

The kidnappers who snatched five British contractors last month were funded, trained and armed by Iran, the US commander in Iraq said in an interview published late Wednesday.


Giuliani: Joining Iraq Group a Mistake (Washington Post)
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Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:10:48 GMT

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Republican presidential contender Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday it was a mistake for him to join the Iraq Study Group, on which he lasted just two months and failed to show for any official meetings. The former New York mayor has tried to tamp down criticism in recent days after Newsday reported that Giuliani was a no-show for two of the group's meetings and instead attended ...


U.S. troops in Iraq go on the offensive (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:43:19 GMT

Thousands of U.S. troops swept into the northern and southern beltlands of Baghdad on Wednesday in simultaneous operations against militants that the military said was the start of a "summer of hard fighting" in Iraq.