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In a sign of increased tension between him and Washington, Maliki also criticised the U.S. military for killing civilians.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L26279590.htm


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Four Iraqi police officers were killed and eight were wounded by US fire on Sunday in what was called a "mistake," police sources from the north-eastern city of Khanaqin said.

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David McFadden of The Associated Press reports: "A call by Puerto Rico's governor for a US withdrawal from Iraq earned a standing ovation Saturday from a conference of more than 4,000 National Guardsmen."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/082607C.shtml



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Warren P. Strobel, McClatchy Newspapers, reports: "One way to look at the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq released this week is to review what it describes as the best-case scenario. In Iraq, best-case scenarios rarely, if ever, have come to pass."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/082607A.shtml



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/08/26/3398/



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The Associated Press reports that Iraq is suffering about double the number of war-related deaths throughout the country compared with last year, with the average daily toll this year at 62 compared to 33 in 2006, and the number of displaced Iraqis has more than doubled since the start of the year.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/082607Z.shtml

Democrats say President Bush is ignoring the facts in an effort to again try to sell the Iraq war.

http://www.kfty.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=84403a87-f1a9-49c7-a037-70ca6767e6d0


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The flight is especially marked in religiously mixed areas of central Iraq, with Shia refugees heading south and Sunnis towards the west and north of the country.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/article2896060.ece


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The Los Angeles Times reports on how extended tours of duty, constant danger and a lack of progress in Iraq are leaving US troops feeling increasingly frustrated and angry.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/082507Y.shtml