Iraq Explosives Become Issue in Campaign
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The White House sought on Monday to explain the disappearance of 380 tons of high explosives in Iraq that American forces were supposed to secure, as Senator John
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A bombing in a Shi'ite city and an  outspoken attack on Iran by an Iraqi minister fueled fears of  sectarian strife as campaigning began on Wednesday for Iraq's  first free election since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
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Already scrambling to make up ground lost after last week's debate, US President George W. Bush's campaign was forced further on the defensive by reports that the White House knew before invading Iraq that key intelligence on the country's alleged nuclear weapons program was questionable.
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It seems apt that the last days of the US presidential campaign would feature an animated dispute over an unsettling Iraq development.
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VIENNA, Ohio  - President Bush said on Wednesday  380 tons of missing explosives in Iraq might have vanished  prior to the arrival of U.S. forces and he blasted Democrat  John Kerry for making a campaign issue out of it.
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In Vice President Cheney's final push before next Tuesday's election, talk of nuclear annihilation and escalating war rhetoric have blended with balloon drops, confetti cannons and the other trappings of modern campaigning with such ferocity that it is sometimes tough to tell just who the enemy is.
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LITITZ, Pa.  - President Bush said on Wednesday  380 tons of missing explosives in Iraq might have vanished  prior to the arrival of U.S. forces and he blasted Democrat  John Kerry for making a campaign issue out of it.
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Hillary Clinton&#39;s rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination squeezed her over her vote to authorize the invasion of Iraq Tuesday, whipping up fervently anti-war party activists.
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Campaigning for the first post-Saddam Hussein elections got under way amid more bloodshed, as US President George W. Bush warned Iran and Syria to stop meddling in Iraq in the runup to the vote.
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Presidential hopefuls show their antiwar stripes, but differ on how to extricate the US from Iraq.
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With just a week until Election Day, President Bush may be busier than ever with his campaign. But the task of stabilizing Iraq and corralling insurgents is urgent.
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Iraq, once thought to be a political albatross for President George W. Bush, is turning out to be more of a headache for his Democratic rival John Kerry despite the continuing turmoil and mounting US death toll.
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The United States faces a painful moment probably next month when its military deaths in Iraq are expected to surpass 1,000. It will also be a crucial moment for President Bush, who faces a presidential campaign in which Iraq is a central issue.
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TONY EASTLEY: It&#39;s less than a month now until the United States election and terrorism and the war in Iraq continue to dominate that campaign, to the virtual exclusion of other issues.
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The presidential campaign is entering a pivotal two-week period at a boil, with Senator John Kerry and President Bush battling over the Iraq war and
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John Kerry, the Democratic challenger for the White House, has made a missing cache of explosives in Iraq the dominant theme of the closing skirmishes in the US election battle, calling it a symbol of President George W. Bush's failures.
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There appear to be two periods of time when the 377 tons of high explosives missing from a military facility in Iraq could have been moved or stolen &#151; in the weeks before the U.S. invasion began or several weeks in April after U.S. troops overran the Al-Qaqaa base and moved on to Baghdad.