Baghdadis invest hope in new security plan
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Most on the street see the problem in sectarian terms, but think the US plan can help restore calm.
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President Bush said Tuesday that a plan to bolster Iraqi security forces in Baghdad will better address the violence there as he pledged to be a "strong partner" with Iraq's new democratic government.
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Belgian authorities plan to step up security measures following a terrorist threat, officials said on Friday.
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U.S. commanders say they are preparing to open up rebel-held areas, especially Falluja, which is under control of insurgents.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi forces will expand their security operation into eastern Baghdad -- including Shi'ite militia strongholds -- the Defense Ministry said yesterday, a day after a barrage of coordinated attacks across those areas killed 64 people and wounded 286.
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A U.S.-backed Iraqi security plan seen as a last-ditch attempt to halt violence in Baghdad will not produce results overnight, a U.S. general warned on Sunday, after a one-ton suicide truck bomb killed 135 people.
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The new push by U.S. and Iraqi forces to reverse a rising tide of violence in Baghdad will target four violent "hotspots" in the city, the American general in charge of the plan said Saturday.
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The idea would involve increasing U.S. forces by 20,000 troops or more in the hope of improving security.
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Their helicopters buzz through the Baghdad sky, their patrols bristle with the latest weaponry and their armored vehicles carry the latest hi-tech gadgets.
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BAGHDAD -- American soldiers are leaving their sprawling fortress-cities and establishing many small outposts in the capital's most violent neighborhoods in a major tactical shift under the two-week-old Baghdad security plan.
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Though many Iraqis say they have seen positive steps, the security plan is being judged along sectarian lines.
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Analysis: The Iraq Study Group's proposals contain much to like -- for Shi'ite sectarians and al-Qaeda in Iraq
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RENO, Nev., Aug. 28 -- A year ago, President Bush came before the American Legion convention and assured his audience of veterans that the early results of a plan to strengthen security in Baghdad were "encouraging." Within a few months, U.S. officials were acknowledging that the plan had collapsed...
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In a statement e-mailed to The Associated Press in Cairo and also posted on a discussion board of the Iraq Islamic Army, the group said it hopes "this is a beginning for a new era of understanding our issues ...
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The top US general in Iraq says he is confident the new Baghdad security drive can cut sectarian strife.
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If there&#039;s hope to be found in the war in Iraq, &quot;Baghdad ER&quot; is a good place to look.