US struggles for hold on Iraq highway
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MAHMOUDIAH, Iraq -- This bloody and lawless region south of Baghdad illustrates the destabilizing results of a hands-off approach to Iraqi trouble spots.
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Iraq is struggling to cope with the fiercest attack yet on its northern oil export network, while flows to southern export terminals have been steady after recovering from sabotage, officials say.
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The United States is fighting a war in Iraq and Americans are divided over whether it&#39;s right. The war is a huge issue in the 2004 presidential election.
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WASHINGTON - An US-based construction company has pulled out of its contract to rebuild Iraqâs transportation systems, deciding it was too dangerous to stay, a spokesman for the US-led reconstruction effort said Wednesday.
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A US request for British troops to move up to Baghdad to allow American forces to be pulled out for a possible attack on Fallujah is prompting fears from both troops and politicians
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Fortified by his victory at the polls, President George W. Bush now faces pressing, unfinished business in Iraq where US forces are poised to storm insurgent strongholds to clear the way for January elections.
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The American military and Iraqi soldiers continued today to try to secure the heart of this city rife with insurgents.
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The deadly attacks against U.S.  forces on Iraqi highways have prompted the Air Force to airlift  cargo to American troops on the most dangerous routes.
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Struggling to defend its Iraq policy, the Bush administration in a 23-page classified report points to limited progress being made by the U.S.-backed government in Baghdad, U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON, United States : An unusual US request for a British battalion to back up American troops in Iraq has shown the political constraints on the use of coalition forces even as an intensifying battle against insurgents is testing the US force there
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The incursions into Iraqi Kurdistan have the U.S. military and the Baghdad government walking on tightropes
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Talks between the United States and   Iraq over the transfer of operational command of Iraq's armed   forces were deadlocked on Sunday, with Prime Minister Nuri   al-Maliki demanding more independence from the U.S. military.
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The US death toll in Iraq, having pushed past the symbolic 1,000 mark, has overtaken the situation in the country and was splashed on front pages of papers across the United States with the US presidential race nearing its home stretch.
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US and Iraqi forces pressed on with aggressive raids against Sunni Muslim insurgents in towns southwest of Baghdad on Wednesday, racing against time to quell rebellion in time for an election in January.
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Iraq put more pressure on the United States on Thursday to pull out security contractor Blackwater from Baghdad but the State Department said no decision had been made on the North Carolina firm.
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America's presence in Iraq is moving into its 22nd month, a time that has been alternately frustrating and fulfilling to the young men and women who are far from home and far from done with their mission.
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The government faces pressure over plans to send UK troops to an area south of Baghdad, to assist US forces.