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Bush pleads for more patience for Iraq war (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Sun, 26 Aug 2007 03:59:53 GMT

President George W. Bush, faced with growing calls to start withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, pleaded with Americans on Saturday for patience and cited progress in the past two months.


After Iraq Trip, Unshaken Resolve (Washington Post)
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Sun, 26 Aug 2007 00:08:59 GMT

CHICAGO When Rep. Jan Schakowsky made her first trip to Iraq this month, the outspoken antiwar liberal resolved to keep her opinions to herself. "I would listen and learn," she decided.


Iraq strategy promising, needs time: Bush (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 25 Aug 2007 22:14:42 GMT

US President George W. Bush insisted Saturday his new war strategy in Iraq showed promise but needed more time to bear fruit as the White House fought to rebuff calls for a withdrawal of US troops.


U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,728 (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 25 Aug 2007 23:45:27 GMT

As of Saturday, Aug. 25, 2007, at least 3,728 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 3,047 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.


Dispute over how deep to cut Iraq troops (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 25 Aug 2007 21:15:15 GMT

New calls from lawmakers to begin withdrawing U.S. forces from Iraq may trouble the White House but are not too out of step with scenarios envisioned by war commanders.


Iraq conference only way to end chaos: Arab League ex-envoy (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:39:13 GMT

A conference between warring Iraqi factions is the only way to end the chaos in Iraq and should be organized by the international community, the Arab League's former envoy to Baghdad believes.


Bush says offensive in Iraq just beginning (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:22:13 GMT

US President George W. Bush signaled Saturday his unwillingness to consider early US troop reductions in Iraq, saying new offensive operations there were just in their "early stages."


Congress Does Iraq: Hug Sheik, Meet General (New York Times)
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Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:39:28 GMT

Some 50 lawmakers have been to Iraq this summer, and their impressions are having a profound effect on the policy debate.


'Patriotic' ex-rebels working with US military in Iraq (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:48:46 GMT

American forces in Iraq are working with a Sunni former insurgent group to root out Al-Qaeda cells fighting north of Baghdad, a commander said on Saturday, branding his new allies "patriots."


What's in a name? U.S. rebrands Iraq ex-insurgents (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:39:30 GMT

U.S. forces have rebranded one of the main insurgent groups in Iraq and now use the term "concerned local nationals" to refer to a group that once claimed responsibility for killing scores of Americans.