Family united by Iraq tragedy, divided by politics
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When U.S. Marine Raul Bravo Jr. died in Iraq last year, his family joined thousands of other Americans who have suffered the tragedy of seeing a loved one killed in the war.
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HABBANIYA, Iraq -- As winter sets in, Iraqi families who fled the US-led attack on Fallujah for a lakeside resort upriver wish their holiday there would come to an end.
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As a father mourned the unimaginable &#151; the loss of five of his children in a fire that also devastated another family that shared his home &#151; a religious leader let him know that his pain was shared by many.
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Their president's approval ratings are at historic lows. The war in Iraq is grinding down their political prospects, and their party is showing deep divisions on issues such as education and immigration.
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One family's allegiance to Hizbullah reveals much about the group's support and how it draws fighters.
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The family of a soldier wounded in Iraq has been in turmoil since hearing word of their son s serious injuries in Tikrit.
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A survey by The New York Times shows that those who lost a loved one in the 9/11 attacks differ from the public at large on some political and national issues.
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A close friend of the latest soldier killed in action in Iraq spoke today of the family&#39;s shock and devastation at the news of his death.
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Jassim al-Kinani, a 34-year-old car mechanic, did all he could to follow Shiite Muslim traditions when his brother and three cousins were slain. But like so much in Iraq, the rituals of death have been knocked awry by violence.
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President Bush has been quietly meeting with families of troops killed in Iraq at a time when polls show the war is a looming political liability in key swing states.
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A father's hunt for his sons' killers underscores the tortured politics of Iraq.
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A man cries for his slain son while next to a charred civilian vehicle which was blown up when insurgents set off a car bomb targeting a US convoy in Baghdad, Iraq Thursday, Oct. 28, 2004.
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A man whose family has been hit by tragedy speaks of how he and his brother tried to save their brother's life.
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Three weeks after supplying funeral flowers for a local Marine killed in Iraq, three friends wrestled with a question troubling other war-weary Americans.
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They played together in childhood, wrestled together in high school and joined the Marines together after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. This week, the two young men from California's San Joaquin Valley died together in a dangerous area of Iraq where the military is preparing a major assault on insurgents.
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On a day heralded as a new beginning for Iraq, many Iraqis were divided on whether the newly inaugurated national unity government will be able to curtail sectarian violence in the country.
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The family of a soldier killed in Iraq launch a campaign opposing the war and seeking "justice" for personnel and their families.