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Rival Sunni militants in Baghdad power struggle

By Mussab Al-Khairalla Reuters Friday, June 1, 2007; 9:55 AM BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Residents of a Baghdad district cowered inside their homes on Friday, too afraid to go into the streets where al Qaeda militants and rival Sunni Arab insurgents have fought fierce battles in the past two days.
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Rival Sunni militants in Baghdad power struggle

6/1/2007 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Residents of a Baghdad district cowered inside their homes on Friday, too afraid to go into the streets where al Qaeda militants and rival Sunni Arab insurgents have fought fierce battles in the past two days.

Radical cleric, back in Iraq, has to be reckoned with

5/31/2007

In January, when President Bush announced a surge of more than 20,000 American troops into Iraq, the aim was to give Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki more time and calm to start governing the violence-wracked nation.

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Bush may turn to UN in search for Iraq solution

5/31/2007

The Bush administration is developing plans to "internationalise" the Iraq crisis, including an expanded role for the United Nations, as a way of reducing overall US responsibility for Iraq's future and limiting domestic political fallout from the war as the 2008 election season approaches.

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Gates, U.S. General Back Long Iraq Stay

5/31/2007

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and a senior U.S. commander said yesterday that they favor a protracted U.S. troop presence in Iraq along the lines of the military stabilization force in South Korea.

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Bush envisions U.S. presence in Iraq like S.Korea

5/30/2007

President George W. Bush would like to see a lengthy U.S. troop presence in Iraq like the one in South Korea to provide stability but not in a frontline combat role, the White House said on Wednesday.

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Iraq's negotiations with WTO a success says Trade Minister

May 30, 2007

Iraqi Trade Minister Abdul Falah Hassan al-Sudani described on Tuesday as a success the Iraqi delegation's negotiations with the World Trade Organization (WTO) that could end with Iraq’s joining to the international organization.

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Turkish army build-up fuels anxiety on Iraq border

5/30/2007

GORUMLU, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey sent more tanks to its border with Iraq on Wednesday in a military build-up that is fuelling U.S. concern about a possible incursion into northern Iraq against Kurdish rebels.

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Review: The Occupation of Iraq

5/30/2007

The Occupation of Iraq Winning the War, Losing the Peace. By Ali A. Allawi. 518 pages. $28. Yale University Press.

As the Iraq war enters its fifth year, an old saying can be heard more and more often in the homes, cafes and streets of the country: "Because of a lack of horses, they put saddles on the dogs." There are no real Iraqi leaders, a Kurdish friend told me, and the Americans have blindly, and often desperately, propped up politicians who are venal, ineffective and more than a little megalomaniacal.

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Iraq Goals Out Of Reach?

5/29/2007 Top U.S. military officials say the main goals set last year by President Bush when he announced a troop buildup in Iraq are unlikely to be met before a crucial September report to Congress.
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US tells Iran to stop backing Iraq militias

5/28/2007

The US and Iran on Monday held their first talks on the security crisis in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, with the US side describing Iran’s public policy statements as encouraging but also demanding that it halt its armed support of Sunni and Shia factions.

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