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Rice
Says Iraq Troop Levels May Draw Down 
AP via Yahoo! News - 26 minutes ago Secretary
of State Condoleezza Rice says the United States will probably not need to
maintain its current troop levels in Iraq "very much longer," though she
declined to provide a precise timetable for reduction in U.S. forces.
Suicide
Car Bomber in Iraq Kills 22
AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 23 12:20 AM A suicide
car bomber killed 22 people in northern Iraq on Tuesday after insurgents
lured police to the scene by shooting an officer, officials said. A mortar shell
fired at a U.S. ceremony sent the U.S. ambassador and the top American commander
scurrying for cover.
New
Iraq strategy: Stay in hot spots
The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Nov 23
12:00 AM As US Marines battle insurgents in a string of towns in
Iraq's western Anbar Province, they are applying lessons learned from
their experience in Fallujah: Flush out insurgents, then stay there.
War
in Iraq could drag on for decades: British NGO
AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 22 11:17 PM The war
in Iraq could last for decades with British troops unlikely to withdraw
without a "highly unlikely" split with Washington, an NGO report said.
Bush
informed in 2001 of lack of Iraq-Qaeda ties
AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 22 11:59 PM US
President George W. Bush was informed 10 days after the September 11, 2001
attacks that US intelligence had no proof of links between Iraq and that
act of terror, The National Journal reported.
US
talking Iraq troop reductions
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 22 10:23 PM The
United States may not need the number of troops it has in Iraq "all that
much longer," U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said amid reports the
Pentagon may pull back three combat brigades.
3
Brigades May Be Cut in Iraq Early in 2006
Washington Post - Nov 22 9:32 PM Barring any
major surprises in Iraq, the Pentagon tentatively plans to reduce the
number of U.S. forces there early next year by as many as three combat brigades,
from 18 now, but to keep at least one brigade "on call" in Kuwait in case more
troops are needed quickly, several senior military officers said.
Italy
mulls 2006 Iraq withdrawal
BBC News - 15 minutes ago Italy will probably
withdraw its troops from Iraq by the end of 2006, according to Prime
Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Obama
Calls on Bush To Admit Iraq Errors
Washington Post - Nov 22 9:32 PM CHICAGO, Nov.
22 -- Sen. Barack Obama said President Bush should admit mistakes in waging the
Iraq war and reduce the number of troops stationed there in the next
year. But the Illinois Democrat, a longtime opponent of the war, said U.S.
forces remain "part of a solution" in the bitterly divided country and should
not be withdrawn immediately.
Biden
Criticizes Bush Policy on Iraq but Opposes a Pullout Deadline
Washington Post - Nov 22 8:43 PM Sen. Joseph R.
Biden Jr. added his voice to the growing chorus of Democratic critics of the
Bush administration's Iraq policy, but he rejected calls for a timetable
for withdrawal of U.S. troops.
Rice
says conditions for US troop reduction in Iraq 'fairly soon'
AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 22 9:57 PM US
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that conditions for reducing the number
of US troops deployed in Iraq could be in place "fairly soon."
Q&A:
Public opinion and the war in Iraq
New York Times - Nov 22 9:02 PM Q&A: Public
opinion and the war in Iraq.
3
Brigades May Be Cut in Iraq Early in 2006
Washington Post - Nov 22 8:42 PM Barring any
major surprises in Iraq, the Pentagon tentatively plans to reduce the
number of U.S. forces there early next year by as many as three combat brigades,
from 18 now, but to keep at least one brigade "on call" in Kuwait in case more
troops are needed quickly, several senior military...
Obama
Calls on Bush To Admit Iraq Errors
Washington Post - Nov 22 8:42 PM CHICAGO, Nov.
22 -- Sen. Barack Obama said President Bush should admit mistakes in waging the
Iraq war and reduce the number of troops stationed there in the next
year. But the Illinois Democrat, a longtime opponent of the war, said U.S.
forces remain "part of a solution" in the bitterly divided...
Suicide
Car Bomber Kills 21 People in Iraq
AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 22 8:08 PM A suicide
car bomber killed 21 people in northern Iraq on Tuesday after insurgents
lured police to the scene by shooting an officer, officials said. One more U.S.
soldier was killed, pushing the American death toll for the conflict to 2,100,
the U.S. military said.
Bomber
Strikes Police Convoy in Northern Iraq
New York Times - Nov 22 7:45 PM BAGHDAD,
Iraq, Nov. 22 - A suicide car bomber plowed into a convoy of police
vehicles in the northern city of Kirkuk on Tuesday, killing at least 16 people
and wounding at least 28 others, police officials said.
Iraq
Resolution Opponents, Proponents Rally At City Council Meeting
KCRA TheKCRAChannel.com via Yahoo! News - Nov 22 6:44
PM Two weeks ago, the Sacramento City Council sent a message to the
president, approving a resolution that asks him to bring the troops home from
Iraq, which outraged supporters of the war effort.
N.J.
Lawmaker Targeted for Iraq Comments
AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 22 6:08 PM New Jersey
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen is among eight Republican congressmen targeted by a
liberal advocacy group for criticizing a call for American troops to immediately
withdraw from Iraq.
Blair
faces Iraq war inquiry move
BBC News - Nov 23 2:52 AM Tony Blair is facing
a fresh move by senior MPs to set up a full inquiry into his conduct in the run
up to the Iraq war.
Obama
Calls for Troop Reduction in Iraq
AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 22 5:47 PM Sen. Barack
Obama on Tuesday called for a troop reduction in Iraq and criticized the
Bush administration for questioning the patriotism of people who have spoken out
against the war.
Insurgents
Ready To Talk In Iraq?
CBS News - 2 hours, 59 minutes ago The security
adviser to Iraq's president says he was called by a man claiming to be an
insurgent and wanting to talk with the government. Meanwhile, a diverse group of
Iraqi leaders called for a solid U.S. troop withdrawal timetable to be drawn up.
Suicide
Bomber Kills 21 in Iraq; 3 GIs Die
AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 22 4:58 PM A suicide
car bomber killed 21 people in northern Iraq on Tuesday after insurgents
lured police to the scene by shooting an officer, officials said. The U.S.
command said three more U.S. soldiers have been killed, pushing the American
military death toll for the conflict to 2,100.
Iran
urges Iraq to seek pullout timetable
USA Today - Nov 22 4:09 PM Iran's supreme
leader urged the Iraqi president on Tuesday to seek a timetable for the
withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, saying the American presence harms
the country.
Obama
Calls for Troop Reduction in Iraq
ABC News - Nov 23 3:10 AM Illinois Democratic
Sen. Barack Obama Calls for Troop Reduction in Iraq
N.J.
Lawmaker Targeted for Iraq Comments
ABC News - Nov 23 3:10 AM N.J. Rep.
Frelinghuysen Among GOP Congressmen Targeted for Iraq Comments
Indiana
Soldier Killed In Iraq
WRTV TheIndyChannel.com via Yahoo! News - Nov 22 3:46
PM A soldier from northern Indiana was one of four U.S. servicemen
killed by a roadside bomb in Bayji, Iraq, last week, the U.S. Defense
Department said Tuesday.
More
Americans than ever are pessimistic about Iraq's future: poll
AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 22 3:03 PM A majority
of Americans do not think Iraq will be successful in establishing a
stable democratic government and would like US troops to come home next year,
according to a poll.
Iraq
Bomber Kills 17; U.S. Toll at 2,100
AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 22 1:18 PM A suicide
car bomber attacked a police patrol Tuesday in the northern city of Kirkuk,
killing at least 17 people, and three U.S. soldiers died in two separate
attacks, pushing the American death toll in Iraq to 2,100, officials
said.
Senator
says Bush needs to depoliticize Iraq debate
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 22 1:56
PM President George W. Bush should take politics out of the
Iraq war by admitting he made mistakes and pledging to work with both
parties to find a responsible way to end it, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama of
Illinois said on Tuesday.
Obama:
Pull GIs from Iraq gradually
Chicago Tribune - 2 hours, 29 minutes ago Sen.
Barack Obama (D-Ill.) injected himself Tuesday into the forefront of a growing
bipartisan call to reappraise American foreign policy in Iraq, saying the
U.S. should begin a gradual withdrawal of its troops next year so Iraqis become
empowered to take charge of their country's fate.
Bitter
debate on Iraq 'disturbing': Army general
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 22 12:30 PM The
bitter battle in Washington over whether to withdraw U.S. troops quickly from
Iraq is disturbing but has not damaged U.S. military morale, a senior
American Army general in Baghdad said on Tuesday.
David
Sirota: Iraq War Critics Are the Real Friends of Freedom, Democracy &
America's Troops
HuffingtonPost.com via Yahoo! News - Nov 22 12:00
PM I'm confused. We're now being told that the War in Iraq is
being waged to promote freedom and democracy. Beyond the fact that such a
rationale is an opportunistic departure from the rationale we were originally
given (aka. Iraq's supposed possession of WMD), this freedom/democracy
rationale is being undermined here at home by the same folks making the argument
in the first place.
US
senator offers plan for gradual withdrawal of troops from Iraq
AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 22 11:12 AM A leading
Democratic senator has unveiled a plan to gradually withdraw US troops from
Iraq, just days after another respected member of Congress caused a stir
by calling for an immediate pullout of US forces.
Suicide
bomber kills 21 in Iraq
Chicago Tribune - 2 hours, 28 minutes
ago BAGHDAD -- A suicide car bomber killed 21 people in northern
Iraq on Tuesday after insurgents lured police to the scene by shooting an
officer, officials said. The U.S. command also said three more U.S. soldiers
have been killed.
Suicide
Bomber in Iraq Kills 21
ABC News - Nov 22 10:21 PM Suicide Bomber in
Iraq Kills 21; U.S. Death Toll Nears 2,100
US
general calls Iraq wrangling 'disturbing'
AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 22 10:53 AM A top US
general said that the increasingly angry political debate over the US military
presence in Iraq was "disturbing" but had not undermined troop morale.
US
pressures Syria to act over Iraq border
AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 22 11:17 AM A senior
US official described Syria as a "police state" and said it had the means to
control the flow of fighters crossing into Iraq to join the insurgency
but was not doing enough.
Dems
Promise Iraq Policy 'At the Right Time'
Crosswalk.com - 13 minutes ago (CNSNews.com) -
Congressional Democrats promise that when Congress returns from its Thanksgiving
recess, "the fight for the direction of the country we love will begin anew."
But as the year draws to a close, Republicans are criticizing Democrats for
refusing to clarify their policy on Iraq.
Iraq
debate 'disturbing': Army general
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 22 9:12 AM The
bitter battle in Washington over whether to quickly withdraw U.S. troops from
Iraq is disturbing, but has not damaged U.S. military morale, a senior
American Army general in Baghdad said on Tuesday.
Car
bomber kills 18 in Iraq
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 22 10:11 AM A
suicide car bomb blast killed 18 people, including 10 police, in the northern
city of Kirkuk on Tuesday, and mortars landed near the U.S. ambassador to
Iraq during a ceremony in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit.
Military
fleshes out possible Iraq cuts
The Buffalo News - 19 minutes ago WASHINGTON -
Barring any major surprises, the Pentagon tentatively plans to reduce U.S.
forces in Iraq early next year by removing as many as three of the 18
combat brigades now deployed there, but to keep at least one brigade "on call"
in Kuwait in case more troops are needed quickly, several senior military
officers said.
Iraq
Insurgents Kill Senior Sunni Leader
RedNova - 33 minutes ago By CHRIS TOMLINSON
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms broke into the home of
a senior Sunni leader on Wednesday and killed him, his three sons and his
son-in-law on the outskirts of Baghdad, his brother and an interior ministry
official said.
WP:
Three brigades may be cut in Iraq in early 2006
MSNBC - Nov 22 8:47 PM Barring any major
surprises in Iraq, the Pentagon tentatively plans to reduce the number of
U.S. forces there early next year by as many as three combat brigades, from 18
now.
2006
troop cuts in Iraq likely, not a pullout
Baltimore Sun - 1 hour, 46 minutes ago Iraqi
soldiers probably won't be ready to take the lead role in their nation's
security before 2007, U.S. military officials say WASHINGTON // Against a
backdrop of calls from both Iraqi leaders and the U.S. Congress to withdraw
American troops, military officers and defense analysts said this week that
reductions are likely in 2006 but Iraq will not be ready to take a lead
role against
Rice:
U-S probably won't keep high number of troops in Iraq much longer
KRON 4 Bay Area - 2 minutes ago WASHINGTON
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, echoing President Bush, declines to set any
kind of timetable for getting U-S troops out of Iraq.
Veteran
disabled in Iraq gets surprise gift: A house
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 20 minutes
ago As an Army truck driver who did two tours in Iraq, Staff
Sgt. Tracy Jones was adept at getting out of tight spots. But war changes
things. Severe injuries left him in a 25-inch-wide wheelchair in a tiny
apartment, with a hall only 36 inches wide.
Hillary
Advocates 'Third Way' on Iraq Troop Withdrawal
ABC News - Nov 22 7:25 PM Clinton Opposes
Immediate Withdrawal, But Says White House Must Tell Iraq 'We Aren't
Going to Be There Forever'
Iran
pledges $1 bln loan, security help to Iraq
Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - 24 minutes
ago TEHRAN, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Iran has pledged to give Iraq a
$1 billion loan and help with tackling insecurity, Iraqi President Jalal
Talabani said at the end of a ground-breaking visit to the Islamic state.
Suicide
Car Bomber Kills 21 People in Iraq
ABC News - Nov 22 8:21 PM Suicide Car Bomber in
Northern Iraq Kills 21 People; GI Killed As Death Toll Hits 2,100
Iran
urges timetable for US to leave Iraq
Boston Globe - Nov 22 11:48 PM TEHRAN -- Iran's
supreme leader urged the Iraqi president yesterday to seek a timetable for the
withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, saying the American presence harms the
country.
Iraq
gov't ready to 'help' rebels lay down weapons
AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 22 8:20
AM Iraq's government stands ready to "help" insurgents wanting
to lay down their weapons, a top government official said in the latest bid to
encourage political reconciliation in the war-torn country.
At
war without friends in Iraq
Seattle Times - Nov 23 12:24 AM Leaders of
Iraq's Sunni, Shia and Kurdish parties are asking the United States to
remove its forces from Iraq. We should do as they ask...
Experts
debate best exits from Iraq
Kansas City Star - 2 hours, 56 minutes
ago WASHINGTON - Verbal hand grenades flew back and forth last week as
the national debate over the course to chart in Iraq - leave now, draw
down U.S. forces or perhaps even beef them up - grew intense, angry and even
tearful.
Iran's
leader wants timetable for US Iraq withdrawal
AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 22 7:58 AM Iran's
supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on visiting Iraqi President Jalal
Talabani to press for a timetable for the withdrawal of foreign troops from
Iraq.
Fresh
calls for Iraq probe
ePolitix via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - 2 hours, 2
minutes ago The prime minister is facing fresh calls for a full
parliamentary inquiry into the UK's role in the run-up to the war in
Iraq.
Inspector
General Fights Corruption in Iraq Reconstruction P
Fox News - Nov 22 7:07 PM With nearly $30
billion set aside for reconstruction projects in Iraq, it is the largest
U.S. foreign aid project since the Marshall Plan. One office is tasked with
assessing how the money is being spent.
US
is said to consider pulling out 3 brigades in Iraq
Boston Globe - Nov 22 11:48 PM WASHINGTON --
Barring major surprises in Iraq, the Pentagon tentatively plans to reduce
the number of US forces there next year by as many as three combat brigades,
from 18 now, but to keep at least one brigade ready in Kuwait, in case more
troops are needed quickly, senior officers said.
Iraq
conflict still in its early stages
Financial Times - Nov 23 3:08 AM The war in
Iraq is still in its early stages and British troops are likely to be
bogged down in the conflict for decades, a report by the Oxford Research Group
claimed on Wednesday.
Iran
and Iraq reopen trade
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 22 5:21 AM Once a
bitter enemy, Iran is emerging as a trade lifeline for Iraq as Baghdad
seeks to rebuild an economy shattered by years of sanctions, neglect and
corruption under Saddam Hussein and since his overthrow.
New
tone on Iraq, taxes
Newsday.com - Nov 23 2:12 AM People repulsed by
the nasty name-calling in Washington that crested with last weekend's howling
match in the House over Iraq should take another look. All that
malevolence could be a sign of progress. It may have cleared the air for a more
honest debate about two critical issues: where we go from here in Iraq
and striking the right balance of taxes and spending in the interest of good
government
Suicide
Car Bomber in Iraq Kills 22
RedNova - Nov 23 1:39 AM By ROBERT H. REID
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide car bomber killed 22 people in northern
Iraq on Tuesday after insurgents lured police to the scene by shooting an
officer, officials said. A mortar shell fired at a U.S. ceremony sent the U.S.
Suicide
Bomber Kills 21 in Iraq; 3 GIs Die
ABC News - Nov 22 5:21 PM Suicide Car Bomber
Kills 21 on Street in Northern Iraq; Three More U.S. Soldiers Killed
US
talking Iraq troop reductions
RedNova - Nov 23 1:40 AM By JoAnne Allen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States may not need the number of troops it
has in Iraq "all that much longer," U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice said amid reports the Pentagon may pull back three combat brigades. With
political pressure building on U.S.
AWB
to stay in Iraq despite govt inquiry
Sydney Morning Herald - Nov 23 1:51
AM Australian wheat exporter AWB Ltd says it will continue to bid for
contracts in Iraq despite recent revelations that it made illicit
payments to the former Saddam Hussein regime.
Report:
9/11-Iraq link refuted days after attack
MSNBC - Nov 22 4:24 PM Ten days after the Sept.
11 attacks, President Bush was told that U.S. intelligence found no credible
connection linking the attacks to the regime of Saddam Hussein, or evidence
suggesting links between Iraq and the al-Qaida network, according to a
published report.
U.S.
might reduce troops in Iraq early as next year
Miami Herald - Nov 23 1:11 AM Barring any major
surprises in Iraq, the Pentagon tentatively plans to reduce the number of
U.S. forces there early next year by as many as three combat brigades -- from 18
currently -- but to keep at least one brigade ''on call'' in Kuwait in case more
troops are needed quickly, several senior military officers said.
Report:
How Long Will Iraq War Last?
Sky News via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Nov 23 1:35
AM The war in Iraq could last for decades with British troops
unlikely to withdraw without a "highly unlikely" split with Washington.That is
according to a report by the Oxford Research Group - a non-governmental
organisation.
Cheney
lauds Murtha, defends staying in Iraq
Miami Herald - Nov 23 1:13 AM Vice President
Dick Cheney praised Rep. John Murtha on Monday, becoming the latest senior
Republican to back off attacks on the pro-military Pennsylvania Democrat who
called last week for withdrawing U.S. forces from Iraq.
Rice:
US probably won't keep high number of troops in Iraq much longer
WIS-TV Columbia - 0 minute ago (Washington-AP)
November 23, 2005 - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, echoing President Bush,
declines to set any kind of timetable for getting US troops out of Iraq.
Bullets
hit Iraq vet, 2 more
New York Daily News - Nov 23 1:19 AM A
14-year-old boy and a soldier who recently returned from patrolling the most
dangerous road in Iraq were innocent victims of a shooting on a bustling
Brooklyn street yesterday.
Focus
On Iraq Helps Iran By Alexis Fabbri Washington (UPI) Nov 18, 2005
Space War - Nov 22 8:27 PM Iran is the biggest
threat to U.S. security and by focusing on Iraq the U.S. has only
strengthened Iran's position in the Middle East as Iran works to complete a
nuclear weapons program, a foreign policy expert has said.
Military
Families Can Get Phone Cards To Send To Iraq
Cleveland - NewsNet5 via Yahoo! News - Nov 22 6:12
AM Local families with loved ones in Iraq can get free phone
cards from the Cuyahoga County Republican party.
Some
reports regarding Iraq never made it to Congress
Baltimore Sun - Nov 23 12:40 AM WASHINGTON //
President Bush, in defense of his decision to use force in Iraq, contends
that Congress supported the decision and that it had access to the same
intelligence available to the White House.
Obama
calls for troop reduction in Iraq
Daily Southtown - 1 hour, 22 minutes
ago Illinois Democratic Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday called for a
troop reduction in Iraq and criticized the Bush administration for
questioning the patriotism of people who speak out against the war.
Sunni
tribal leader gunned down in Iraq
Independent Online - 2 minutes ago As
Iraq prepares for the upcoming election which will install its first
non-transitional government, key political figures are being targeted and killed
- the latest being a leader of one of Iraq's largest Sunni tribes.
Suicide
Car Bomber in Iraq Kills 22
AP via Yahoo! Asia News - Nov 23 12:20 AM A
suicide car bomber killed 22 people in northern Iraq on Tuesday after
insurgents lured police to the scene by shooting an officer, officials said.
Conditions
right for troop reductions in Iraq 'fairly soon': Rice
AFP via Yahoo! Asia News - Nov 23 12:09
AM WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice indicated
that conditions for a gradual pullout of US troops from violence-torn
Iraq could become ripe "fairly soon," but warned that a decision about
their withdrawal will not be made unilaterally.
Families
bound by Iraq war
Recordnet.com - 1 hour, 51 minutes ago MANTECA
Students at the East Union High School cafeteria Tuesday pierced a map of
Iraq with colored pins red for Marines, blue for the Navy and different
colors for the other branches of the U.S. military.
Sen.
Clinton: Immediate Iraq Exit 'Mistake'
AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 22 4:17 AM Sen.
Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that an immediate U.S. withdrawal from
Iraq would be "a big mistake."
Cheney:
Iraq pullout would invite terrorism
USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News - Nov 22 4:09
AM Vice President Cheney continued a White House offensive Monday
against critics of the Iraq war, saying that senators who accuse the
administration of distorting prewar intelligence were guilty of "corrupt and
shameless" revisionism.
Security
incidents in Iraq, Nov 23
AlertNet - 2 hours, 29 minutes ago Nov 23
(Reuters) - Following are security incidents reported in Iraq on
Wednesday, Nov. 23, as of 1100 GMT. U.S. and Iraqi forces are battling a Sunni
Arab insurgency against the Shi'ite- and Kurdish-led government in Baghdad.
Australia's
AWB says Iraq scandal will not hurt businesses
AFP via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News - Nov 23 12:37
AM SYDNEY, (AFP) - Australian wheat exporter AWB posted a 62 percent
rise in annual net profit and said its alleged role in the UN oil-for-food
scandal would not damage business with Iraq or other international
clients.
"Crude
Designs": New Report Charges Big Oil "Rip-off" of Iraq
Kansas City InfoZine - 2 hours, 9 minutes
ago "For years, we've listened to the Bush administration deride and
deny the notion that oil had anything to do with the war in Iraq."
IRAQ
GI SHOT IN B'KLYN
New York Post - Nov 23 12:37 AM -- A soldier
just home from Iraq sprang into action yesterday when a busy Brooklyn
street suddenly turned into a battlefield and didn't even realize he'd been
wounded as he worked to save two casualties of a gang shooting.
Udall
urges House to push Bush for Iraq progress reports
Rocky Mountain News - Nov 22 11:42 PM Mark
Udall says he's not trying to tie the hands of the White House on Iraq
policy.
UK
troops tied to Iraq 'for decades'
ITN via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Nov 23 12:05
AM British troops will stay in Iraq for decades to come and the
war there is still in its early stages, a report has claimed.
U.S.
general: Iraq not ready for pullout
UPI - 1 hour, 53 minutes ago BAGHDAD, Nov. 23
(UPI) -- Despite mounting public pressure, the U.S. general in charge of helping
Iraq create an army says training troops to replace coalition forces
can't be rushed.
Iraq
war 'could last for decades'
Evening Standard - 2 hours, 10 minutes
ago British troops could be embroiled in Iraq for decades, a
major report has claimed. The study said al Qaida could keep the US tied up in
Iraq for many years.
Iraq
Bomber Kills 17; U.S. Toll at 2,100
ABC News - Nov 22 2:06 PM Suicide Bomber Kills
17 People in Northern Iraq; Three U.S. Soldiers Die, Bringing Toll to
2,100
U.S.
Committed to Stability in Iraq
Los Angeles Times - Nov 22 2:47 PM WASHINGTON
-- Responding to a call by Iraqi factions for a timetable for withdrawal of
foreign forces from Iraq, the Bush administration said Tuesday that the
U.S.-led coalition remains committed to fostering stability and security in the
country.
Ahmadinejad:
No differences between Iran, Iraq (Pls use the following instead of our
news item 021 dated today)
Islamic Republic News Agency - 1 hour, 51 minutes
ago Iran - Iraq - President President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here
Wednesday stressed that there were no differences between the governments of
Iran and Iraq.
Insurgents
attacks kill at least 20 people in Iraq
WOAI - 1 hour, 46 minutes ago BAGHDAD,
Iraq (AP) - At least 17 people are dead after a suicide car bomb attack
today on an Iraqi police patrol in the northern city of Kirkuk. Authorities say
attackers lured the patrol to a busy street by shooting a policeman. When the
patrol arrived, a suicide car bomber hit.
Bare-Knuckle
Democracy in Iraq Rebel Territory
Gasden Times - Nov 23 3:11 AM By EDWARD WONG
New York Times BAQUBA, Iraq, Nov. 22 - In a burst of flame and smoke, a
roadside bomb exploded Tuesday next to an American military convoy carrying a
top Baghdad electoral official, Izzadin al-Muhammadi, as he rode through Baquba
to a meeting with local politicians.
Mortar
blast at ceremony attended by US ambassador in Iraq
AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 22 3:58 AM A mortar
round exploded during a ceremony outside the town of Tikrit attended by US
ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad and other top officials, wounding one
person.
Sunni
candidate among latest victims of Iraq violence
KRON 4 Bay Area - Nov 22 11:42 PM BAGHDAD,
Iraq A Sunni candidate for Parliament in next month's Iraqi elections is
the latest victim of continuing violence.
US
Looks To Cut In Troops In Iraq
Sky News via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Nov 22 11:22
PM The number of US troops in Iraq could be reduced "fairly
soon", according to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.She said Iraqi troops
were becoming more capable of "carrying out functions to secure their own
future".
AWB
probed on Iraq claims
Herald Sun - 1 minute ago GRAINS marketer AWB
and its chief executive Andrew Lindberg were on the mat yesterday over UN
allegations of kickbacks to the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq.
Iraq
war may last for decades: study
Press Trust of India - 5 minutes ago London,
Nov 23 (PTI) Without a "highly unlikely" split with the US, British troops could
be stuck in Iraq for decades as the war was still in its early stages,
according to a study.
Ahmadinejad:
No differences between Iran, Iraq
Islamic Republic News Agency - 2 hours, 36 minutes
ago Iran - Iraq - President President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said
here Wednesday there were no differences wide enough to separate Iran from
Iraq.
Cheney
softens bitter tone in heated debate over Iraq
San Jose Mercury News - Nov 22 10:21 PM Vice
President Dick Cheney on Monday sought to damp down what has become a bitter and
personal fight in Washington over the Iraq war, offering praise for a
senior House Democrat who has called for the full withdrawal of troops and
saying that an ``energetic debate'' over the war was part of a healthy society.
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November 2005
TEST - IRAQ Articles for past 24-hours
(November 23, 2005)
Bush Cheney Wanted to BOMB Al-Jazeea HQ
(November 22, 2005)
PRESIDENT Bush planned to bomb Arab TV station al-Jazeera in friendly Qatar, a "Top Secret" No 10 memo reveals. But he was talked out of it at a White House summit by Tony Blair, who said it would provoke a worldwide backlash. A source said: "There's no doubt what Bush wanted, and no doubt Blair didn't want him to do it."
Crisis Washington - BlogWashington.com
(November 16, 2005)
Washington is all abuzz, just under the surface, with one story after another about an abandoned, isolated, betrayed, bunkering President. Add to this stories of drinking, raging, shouting... On sale at the check-out counter at Washington foodstores is The Globe with this unusual Bush's Secret Breakdown cover-story to the left. Other insider-websights have been carrying similar features from 'anonymous' sources for some time now. On Sunday the magazine associated with Washington's conservative Washington Times newspaper went with a lead story from which the following is quoted, the picture below used on the front page of the paper a few days before:
Mustapha Akkad - A Tribute
(November 13, 2005)
"...go over to your local video store and rent for the weekend 'Lion of the Dessert'. The hero figure is someone you have probably never heard of, Omar Muktar (played by Anthony Quinn). It takes place in the 1930s in Rome and in Libya. But it's also about today's Intifada. It's about freedom, about struggle, about deception, and about tragicly misguided loyalties."
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