Iraq ; ANALYSIS-Doubt in Mosul highlights range of risks to US ...
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Mortars hit US bases daily and soldiers who survived would have been familiar with tell-tale signs, such as blasts beforehand as the gunners found their range, the sound of the mortar being fired and the whine of the round falling.
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ELEANOR HALL: To Iraq now, and the insurgency there is increasingly drawing warnings from neighbouring countries, particularly about the viability of the elections due to be held in Iraq in January.
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IRAQ&#39;S election was thrown into doubt yesterday as one of the country&#39;s main Sunni parties withdrew, while a tape purporting to be Osama bin Laden warned Iraqis not to vote.
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UN chief says Iraq may not be able to hold credible elections as planned in January 2005 due to lack of security. By Robert MacPherson - LONDON.
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Iraqi and U.S. officials are nervous about whether the recent handover of power in Iraq is too late. They also are worried about whether Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has sufficient legitimacy among Iraqis.
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_ The US military was re-examining security measures at bases across Iraq on Thursday, a day after saying that a suicide bomber _ apparently with inside information _ likely carried out the attack at a camp near Mosul that killed 22
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The tougher approach by US forces is intended to stabilize the country before elections, but offensives bring new risks. For the first time in the Iraq war, according to military officials, US aircraft last week directly bombed a mosque.
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He made a surprise visit to the US military base that was attacked in Mosul Tuesday. Meanwhile, security has increased at some US bases in Iraq.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq Dec 21, 2004 - Rockets and mortar rounds struck a US base in the northern city of Mosul on Tuesday, killing at least 22 people and wounding 50, a Pentagon official said.
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TOKYO - The beheading of a Japanese hostage and the closely fought US presidential election have injected new caution into Tokyoâs deliberations on whether to extend its historic troop dispatch to Iraq.
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The US says it is worried about Iranian support for insurgents in Iraq. Separately, the IAEA reported that Iran's progress on nuclear enrichment is slow.
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CHICAGO A new report is raising concerns about just how safe we&#39;d be if we&#39;re hit by a biological or chemical attack. The new findings are stunning and indicate that Chicago and other major cities would struggle to cope.
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The US military said Wednesday that a suicide bomber probably was responsible for the blast Tuesday at a US base near Mosul that killed 22 people.
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US officials were warned about the vulnerability of explosives stored at Iraq&#39;s Al-Qaqaa military installation after another facility - the country&#39;s main nuclear complex - was
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The US now says the deadly explosion at a US mess tent in Mosul was the work of a suicide bomber. Meanwhile, in Mosul the US has shut down bridges and roads leading into the town.
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If US forces prevail, keeping the city stable afterward may influence what happens elsewhere in Iraq.
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US officials in Baghdad are fearing a fuel crisis, which is leaving Iraqi homes cold and dark and drivers waiting days for petrol, may inflame unrest before the election.