Mourning Iraqis Blame U.S. Troops
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Families of the 35 children who died in a string of bombings in Baghdad blamed American troops for the tragedy, accusing them of attracting insurgents to a ceremony where the attacks occurred.
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Americans have opened nearly 1,000 new graves to bury U.S. troops killed in Iraq since Memorial Day a year ago. The figure is telling &#151; and expected to rise in coming months.
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More U.S. troops have died since the June transfer of power to an interim Iraqi government than were killed during the U.S.-led invasion of the country in the spring of 2003.
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The bodies of two American service members missing since a helicopter crash this week were found west of Baghdad, officials said Friday, while gunmen loyal to a radical Shiite cleric torched an office of the Iraqi president's Kurdish party.
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A somber President Bush said on Tuesday U.S. troops killed in a deadly attack in northern Iraq were on a mission of peace as the heavy death toll presented him with a fresh challenge amid dwindling U.S. support for the war.
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Seven U.S. troops have been killed in Iraq, including four in the western province of Anbar, the U.S. military said on Friday.
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Prime Minister Ayad Allawi partly blamed the American-led military forces on Tuesday for the massacre by insurgents of 49 freshly trained Iraqi soldiers on Saturday, saying the military had shown &quot; major negligence.
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A majority of U.S. troops serving in  Iraq and their families said the Bush administration did not  send enough forces to Iraq and relied too heavily on the  National Guard and reserve troops, a poll showed on Saturday.
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A survey of Iraqi politicians and citizens shows that they believe a withdrawal of U.S. troops levels could lead to a violent chain reaction.
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The gung-ho attitude of many U.S. soldiers has now turned to disdain as they face increased attacks from the same Iraqi Army forces they helped to train.
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In rare criticism of US-led forces in Iraq, interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi yesterday blamed foreign troops helping secure the country for
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Six U.S. troops were killed in Iraq in the past two days, mostly victims of roadside bombs in Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Saturday.
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Volunteers carry out one of Iraq's most somber chores: Burying the charred remains of men, women and children. The sheik who leads them says he doesn't need the military to tell him what's going on. "The streets are flowing with blood," he told CNN.
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Relatives of two soldiers who disappeared in Iraq during an insurgent attack comforted each other Thursday after the military confirmed two brutalized bodies found this week were the missing men.
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One person can tell you precisely how many Americans have been killed in Iraq. Another pays close attention to the names and hometowns of those who die each week. A third mourns for the families of fallen U.S. troops, but also figures it was their choice to enlist.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. Marines rallied round a  comrade under investigation for killing a wounded Iraqi during  the offensive in Falluja, saying he was probably under combat  stress in unpredictable, hair-trigger circumstances.
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BAGHDAD -- In rare criticism of US-led forces in Iraq, interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi yesterday blamed foreign troops helping secure the country for &quot;gross negligence&quot; in the massacre of about 50 Iraqi National Guard recruits last weekend.