Carter Ties U.S. Presence, Iraq Bloodshed
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Former President Carter said Wednesday that the apparent open-ended presence of U.S. troops in Iraq has contributed to the wave of hostage-takings and other bloodshed.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice paid an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Saturday, arriving as American and Iraqi troops made initial gains in a new crackdown against militants in the Iraqi capital.
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President Bush said Saturday he understands that Americans are disturbed by persistent scenes of bloodshed and turmoil nearly four years after the war began, but promised he is helping to put Iraq "on a solid path to liberty and democracy."
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Developments concerning Iraq on Monday.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell gestures during a press conference at the end of a two-day conference focusing on Iraq&#39;s stabilization at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2004.
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President Bush made a surprise visit to Iraq on Monday, using the war zone as a backdrop to argue his case that the buildup of U.S. troops is helping stabilizing the nation.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Iraq was in the grip of a civil war as U.S. and Iraqi forces attacked insurgent bases in a bid to shore up the authority of a government itself riven by factional rivalries.
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U.S. President George W. Bush will meet Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Jordan next week with grim new statistics showing record numbers of Iraqis were killed last month and many more fled the country.
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Top American officials in Iraq were setting out their vision for the U.S. troop presence to the British prime minister.
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Seven U.S. troops have been killed in Iraq, including four in the western province of Anbar, where gains in security were hailed this week by U.S. President George W. Bush during an unannounced visit to the desert region.
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U.S. President George W. Bush will meet Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Jordan next week as pressure builds on both leaders for decisive action to halt a slide into chaos many fear could destabilize the region.
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President Bush's chaotic summit with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is a telling sign of U.S. worries that the raging conflict in Iraq could tip the balance of power in the Middle East well beyond embattled Baghdad.
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The Bush administration cast a wary eye Monday on signs that Iran and Syria were taking a more active diplomatic role in Iraq, even as debate in the U.S. centered on how many troops to keep in the war.
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Delegates from the United States and Iran are at the same table Saturday, at a meeting in Baghdad to discuss security for war-torn Iraq. The meeting could break the ice or offer new opportunities for discord between Washington and Tehran. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said he did not want his country to be a political battleground.
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President Bush said Tuesday a new plan to increase U.S. and Iraqi forces in the besieged capital of Baghdad will help quell rising violence that is threatening Iraq's transformation to a self-sustaining democracy.
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FORT JACKSON, South Carolina  - Issuing an upbeat new assessment of an unpopular war in Iraq, President George W. Bush hailed reduced violence and declining U.S. casualties as signs that a troop buildup was working.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell is scheduled to arrive here Monday for a summit he hopes will spur more international support for the interim Iraqi government and elections planned for Jan. 30.