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They say that of 16 guards, 11 were killed and five others injured - two of them seriously - when US helicopters fired rockets at them and then strafed them with heavy machinegun fire.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6239896.stm


From Information Clearing House

By James Rothenberg

Hillary categorizes the situation in Iraq as "extraordinarily difficult". Maybe, but there is a solution although she wouldn't like it. She would find it "impossibly" difficult.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17929.htm



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"Key Republican senators," write Karen DeYoung and Shailagh Murray of the Washington Post, "signaling increasing GOP skepticism about President Bush's strategy in Iraq, have called for a reduction in US forces and launched preemptive efforts to counter a much-awaited administration progress report due in September."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062707K.shtml



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http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0626-01.htm



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Sudarsan Raghavan of the Washington Post writes, "Iraq's conflict is exacting an immense and largely unnoticed psychological toll on children and youth that will have long-term consequences, said social workers, psychiatrists, teachers and aid workers in interviews across Baghdad and in neighboring Jordan."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062607O.shtml

Delaware Daily Times

06/25/07

Sen. Richard Lugar, a senior Republican and a reliable vote for President Bush on the war, said Monday that Bush’s Iraq strategy was not working and that the U.S. should downsize the military’s role. The unusually blunt assessment deals a political blow to Bush, who has relied heavily on GOP support to stave off anti-war legislation...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/25/2072/



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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/25/2091/

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The White House is resisting a move by both Republicans and Democrats to fully declassify a Senate report on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. The White House believes the declassification would trigger another round of negative news media coverage and Democratic-led Congressional hearings, said a Senate Republican, who asked to remain anonymous because of ongoing private discussions.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062507F.shtml



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