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Six U.S. troops killed in Iraq, says military (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:17:11 GMT

Six U.S. soldiers were killed in Iraq in the past two days, mostly in Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Saturday.


Military: 6 U.S. troops killed in Iraq (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:41:12 GMT

The U.S. military Saturday announced the deaths of six more American service members in combat operations in Iraq, most of them in the Baghdad area.


U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,598 (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:13:07 GMT

As of Friday, July 6, 2007, at least 3,598 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 2,952 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.


Maine Republican Enters House Race — Then Reports for Iraq Duty (CQPolitics.com via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:00:20 GMT

Charlie Summers is the first Republican to officially declare a candidacy for the open U.S. House seat in Maine’s 1st Congressional District. The third-time House contender also is a lieutenant commander in the Navy Reserve — and he left Friday, three days after announcing his House bid, for a yearlong deployment to Iraq.


GOP defections on Iraq: Who's next? (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 06 Jul 2007 23:34:46 GMT

After the recent defection of prominent Republicans on the Iraq war, the big question in Washington is who might be next.


GOP Sen. Domenici abandons Bush on Iraq (USA Today)
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Fri, 06 Jul 2007 21:12:27 GMT

Sen. Pete Domenici on Thursday withdrew his support of President Bush's Iraq war policy and embraced instead a proposal to bring home most troops by next March.


White House Seeks to Damp Down Talk of GOP Defections on Iraq (New York Times)
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Fri, 06 Jul 2007 21:21:59 GMT

The White House on Friday sought to downplay Republican defections from President Bush’s strategy in the war in Iraq, insisting differences over the policy have been exaggerated by media reports.


US exit from Iraq would leave a 'mess': general (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 06 Jul 2007 21:01:05 GMT

An abrupt exit of US troops from Iraq would trigger a bloody "mess" just as the military is taking the fight to insurgents, a top general warned Friday as pressure mounted in Congress for a withdrawal.


Man executed for role in 2003 Iraq blast (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 06 Jul 2007 20:22:27 GMT

An alleged al-Qaida militant was hanged for his role in one of the first major bombings in Iraq — a 2003 blast that killed a Shiite leader and 84 other people and foreshadowed the four-year insurgency that followed, a Justice Ministry official said Friday.


U.S. general warns against abandoning Iraq strategy (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 06 Jul 2007 20:26:44 GMT

A senior U.S. military commander warned on Friday against cutting the number of troops in Iraq, saying the Iraqi security force cannot fight on its own and a U.S. reduction would cede progress to the insurgents.