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Iraq Intensifies Efforts to Expel Iranian Group
BAGHDAD -- For three years, thousands of members of a militant group dedicated to overthrowing Iran's theocracy have lived in a sprawling compound north of Baghdad under the protection of the U.S. military.
The Washington Post
Maliki, Petraeus Visit Insurgent Hotbed in Iraq
RAMADI, Iraq, March 13 -- For months in this battered city, Sunni Muslim militants took over mosques and used their loudspeakers to broadcast propaganda. So a few weeks ago, U.S. soldiers went to the local market, bought speakers and placed them on a tall, white tower inside their base.
The Washington Post
Britain's Cameron Skeptical of 'Surge'
LONDON, March 13 -- Conservative Party leader David Cameron on Tuesday said he was "skeptical" of President Bush's "surge" of troops into Iraq, saying sectarian bloodshed could be curbed only through political negotiations among Iraq's rival ethnic and religious groups.
The Washington Post
Iraq Debate Will Test GOP Senators' Unity
With the Senate poised for a showdown on Iraq today, Republicans along the campaign trail and on Capitol Hill appear trapped between their loyalty to President Bush and growing fears about the war's impact on the party's political fortunes.
The Washington Post
Comrade Recalls Flier as 'Rock-Steady'
If Hershel McCants Jr. had a passion, it was flying with his fellow Night Stalkers, a Special Operations aviation regiment based at Fort Campbell, Ky., that specializes in low-level night flying in combat and rescue missions.
The Washington Post
IDF concerned over fate of BBC reporter abducted in the Gaza Strip
Gov't: Kidnappers of BBC's Alan Johnston "well-known" and want "cheap reward."
jpost.com
Rice to meet with 'Arab Quartet' in Egypt (AFP)
AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will travel to Egypt on March 25 to meet with the so-called Arab Quartet on Middle East peace, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said on Tuesday.
yahoo.com
Saudis spurn Israel peace stance
Saudi Arabia dismisses as "ludicrous" Israel's call for changes to an Arab plan for Middle East peace.
BBC
Two Gazan mothers suspected of killing illegitimate babies
Feeling that police can't protect citizens may explain women's actions, residents say.
jpost.com
Israels Olmert faces Lebanon war report next month
JERUSALEM, An Israeli inquiry into the failings of last years Lebanon war will issue interim findi...
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