Many Helped Iraq Evade Sanctions on Weapons
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Iraq was able to bypass sanctions by buying in small quantities and paying high prices, using a network of front companies in the region.
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BAGHDAD -- US and Iraqi forces pushed deeper into Sunni militant strongholds in Baghdad yesterday, coping with cars rigged with explosives, while British-led teams in southern Iraq used shipping containers to block suspected weapon smuggling routes from Iran.
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Violence throughout the country defied increased efforts to stanch the spread of sectarian bloodshed.
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Legal gaps and immunity may prevent Blackwater guards involved in a shooting in Iraq from being tried.
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BAGHDAD -- In a yard cluttered with junked cars, oil drums and columns of tires, Jassim Shelal was furiously trying to recharge the battery of his generator. It was no ordinary task. The lives of a few thousand Iraqis depended on his skill and, above all, his speed.
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Group favored to win Iraq election tried to play down fears that it would bring an Iranian-style government to country.
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Thousands of Iraqi translators have assisted U.S. forces since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, risking their lives and leaving their families vulnerable to retaliation from insurgents who see them as accomplices of American troops.
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The U.S. military said on Sunday there had been a dramatic drop in the number of Iranian weapons being smuggled into Iraq but no let-up in Tehran's training and financing of Iraqi militias.
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Revelations that nearly 400 tons of conventional explosives have disappeared in Iraq have experts worrying that other weapons might also be in jeopardy of falling into insurgent or terrorist hands.
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The mysterious removal of Iraq's  mothballed nuclear facilities continued long after the U.S.-led  invasion and was carried out by people with access to heavy  machinery and demolition equipment, diplomats said on Thursday.
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Suspicions have been proven correct. Iraq did not have any weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) when the US and allies invaded in March 2003, nor did it have the capability to produce WMDs
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Officials say report proved that sanctions and inspections had succeeded in keeping Iraq arms programs in check before the war.
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Iran is funneling weapons and cash to   buy the loyalty of armed groups in Iraq, but its long- term   influence is bound to wane as Iraqis focus more on their own   interests, a senior U.S. military official said.
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Some came on crutches, others walked  for miles then struggled to read the ballot, but across most of  Iraq millions turned out to vote Sunday, defying insurgent  threats of a bloodbath.
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US and Iraqi government forces have captured scores of suspected insurgents and seized an enormous stockpile of weapons and explosives during anti-insurgent operations in Iraq.
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VIENNA -- Missing nuclear-related equipment in Iraq was removed by specialists working systematically over an extended period, diplomats said yesterday, contradicting Iraqi officials who suggested that little was taken and only randomly by looters.
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Both parties appeared to be maneuvering to gain political advantage from a relatively peaceful vote in Iraq.