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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-fisher/cashing-in-on-the-war-on_b_95560.html

Informant: Dorothee Krien

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Petraeus, Crocker Testify Before Impatient Lawmakers

Karen DeYoung of The Washington Post reports on Petraeus's testimony before Congress: "In a reprise of their testimony last September, Army Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker came to Capitol Hill today to tell lawmakers that security has improved in Iraq and that the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has taken steps toward political reconciliation and economic stability."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/040808C.shtml



Fighting Intensifies in Iraq's Capital

Reporting for the Los Angeles Times, Tina Susman writes: "Three more U.S. troops were killed Monday as Iraqis struggled to bury their dead amid fierce street battles between Shiite Muslim militias and Iraqi and American soldiers in the nation's capital. In one of the most intense days of fighting here involving U.S. troops in recent months, American helicopters fired at least four Hellfire missiles and an Air Force jet dropped a bomb on a suspected militia target."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/040808D.shtml



 

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