Plane Carrying 4 U.S. Lawmakers Is Fired On in Iraq
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BAGHDAD, Aug. 31 -- Four U.S. lawmakers endured a harrowing flight out of Baghdad as their cargo plane came under fire from the ground, causing the pilots to discharge flares and bank sharply to avoid the explosives, U.S. military officials said Friday.
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A U.S. military plane with three U.S. senators and a U.S. House member onboard came under rocket fire while leaving Baghdad, Iraq, for Amman, Jordan, Thursday night and had to take evasive maneuvers.
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scene of the deadliest attack on Americans since last year&#39;s war to oust Saddam Hussein. Tuesday and killed 22 people, including 14 US military personnel and four American contractors.
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BAQUBA, Iraq  - U.S. air strikes destroyed a house   during a gun battle before dawn in a restive city north of   Baghdad which killed eight people, the military said.
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Bombers and gunmen killed at least 41 people and wounded dozens across Iraq on Monday, while parliament leaders again put off debate on legislation that some Iraqis fear could threaten the country's unity and bring even more violence.
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As the U.S. military sustained its deadliest day since the Iraq war began, members of Congress expressed sadness and division over how the United States should proceed.
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A U.S. air strike on a Baghdad neighborhood overnight killed 14 people and demolished several houses, the police said on Thursday.
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A look at what lawmakers are saying about the Iraq war:
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Scores of Iraqi lawmakers stormed out of parliament on Tuesday, blocking a vote on the 2008 budget and other bills including an amnesty law that could free thousands of prisoners.
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BAGHDAD -- Bombers and gunmen killed at least 41 people and wounded dozens across Iraq yesterday, while parliament leaders again put off debate on legislation that some Iraqis fear could threaten the country's unity and bring more violence.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. warplanes killed a family of  six in raids against rebels led by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab  al-Zarqawi, while an international aid agency suspended Iraq  operations on Wednesday after its manager was kidnapped.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. warplanes killed a family of  six in raids against rebels led by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab  al-Zarqawi, while a top international aid agency suspended Iraq  operations on Wednesday after its manager was kidnapped.
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Two American soldiers were killed Saturday in Baghdad, seven Shiite construction workers were gunned down and five Sunni civilians were blown up, deepening the capital's security crisis. Shiite politicians called on the prime minister to cancel his visit to Washington to protest Israel's attacks in Lebanon.
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The Air Force said Tuesday that Capt. Kermit Evans, a U.S. Air Force civil engineer explosive ordnance flight commander, was among four American service members killed when their helicopter went down in Iraq.
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HADITHA, Iraq  - One Marine was killed and three servicemen were missing after a U.S. helicopter with 16 people on board made an emergency landing on water in western Iraq on Sunday, the U.S. military said on Monday.
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BAGHDAD: Gunmen yesterday fired on a bus carrying workers to Baghdad airport, killing four people and wounding 11 in a brazen assault on Iraqis helping to revive a vital link in the country&#39;s reconstruction.
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The Democratic-controlled House issued a symbolic rejection of President Bush's decision to deploy more troops to Iraq on Friday, opening an epic confrontation between Congress and commander in chief over an unpopular war that has taken the lives of more than 3,100 U.S. troops.