Deals in Iraq Make Friends of Enemies
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U.S. forces in Iraq are striking a variety of "handshake agreements" with Iraqi insurgents and militia groups, sometimes resulting in the release of fighters detained for attacking coalition forces, U.S. military officials said in several recent interviews.
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Relations are deteriorating among insurgents as local fighters negotiate to avoid a U.S.-led military offensive against Fallujah, while foreign fighters press to attack Americans and their Iraqi supporters.
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His political survival at stake, a crucial U.S. ally in the war on terrorism is forced to contemplate a deal doomed to fail
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In Iraq, the ties to neighboring Iran are as apparent as the desert sun. They reach back to Islam's earliest days, and before.
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In the Mideast hierarchy of hatred, the collaborator occupies a place of particular, perhaps ultimate, dishonor. In a region where ancient tribal ties have flourished amid satellite television and the World
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In pushing for a bipartisan plan, they seek to avoid 'ownership' of the Iraq war.
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More and more Sunni fighters want to be allied  -  and paid  -  by the U.S. military. But they don't want to join the Shi'ite government's security forces
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The companies are accused of paying bribes to secure lucrative contracts in Iraq while Saddam Hussein was in power.
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A father's hunt for his sons' killers underscores the tortured politics of Iraq.
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Plans for security talks between Iraq and its neighbors may now also include the United States and Britain.
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Those seen cooperating with American forces trying to rebuild the city are threatened - and sometimes killed.
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Representatives from Iraq's different communities are to holds talks aimed at curbing bloodshed in the country.
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CAIRO -- Private Saudi citizens are giving millions of dollars to Sunni insurgents in Iraq and much of the money is used to buy weapons, including shoulder-fired antiaircraft missiles, according to key Iraqi officials and others familiar with the flow of cash.
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Foreign workers in Iraqâs Kurdish north say they have been deceived by the agents who arranged their journeys.
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Classic counter-insurgency seems to be bearing fruit in a small part of Iraq. But will it work elsewhere in the country?
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While attacks on U.S. soldiers remain fairly random and opportunistic, insurgent fighters are targeting places that Iraqis rely on for assistance, frustrating politicians, police and U.S. Army officers.
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American commanders in southern Iraq say Shiite sheiks are showing interest in joining forces with the U.S. military against extremists, in much the same way that Sunni clansmen in the western part of the country have worked with American forces against al-Qaida.