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The Government has been branded a "disgrace" for continuing to be involved in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan on the fifth anniversary of the huge anti-war demonstration.

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From Information Clearing House

The death rate in Iraq in the past 12 months has been the second highest in any year since the invasion, according to figures that appear to contradict American claims that the troop "surge" has dramatically reduced the level of violence across the country.

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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/15/7092



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So far 235 bodies have been recovered, 12 hours after the attacks at 0445 GMT and 0450 GMT.

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From Information Clearing House

The Iraqi government set up a committee to decide how to bring legal action in the United States against American soldiers for causing 'unjustified' deaths of Iraqis, cabinet spokesman said Wednesday.

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From Information Clearing House

James Risen of The New York Times writes: "Mary Beth Kineston, an Ohio resident who went to Iraq to drive trucks, thought she had endured the worst when her supply convoy was ambushed in April 2004. After car bombs exploded and insurgents began firing on the road between Baghdad and Balad, she and other military contractors were saved only when Army Black Hawk helicopters arrived."

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The mothers of two teenage soldiers killed in Iraq accused Tony Blair's government of going to war "on a lie" as they took their fight for a public inquiry into the conflict to the House of Lords.

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Brown under pressure to set up Iraq inquiry

Some allies have warned the Prime Minister that Labour will not win back disaffected supporters who deserted the party over the 2003 invasion unless he draws a line under the affair. They argue a public inquiry would enable him to bring "closure" to an episode which divided the nation.

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From Information Clearing House



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By Reuters

Four million Iraqis are struggling to feed themselves, and 40 per cent of the country's 27 million people have no safe water, the UN said today.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19342.htm

http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/274.html



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