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Foreigners living and working in Iraq face increasingly dire circumstances, highlighted by the brazen kidnapping of two Americans and a British engineer in Baghdad's affluent Mansour neighborhood on Thursday. The targets, employees of GSCS Inc., a construction company handling projects for the American military, were seized without a
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Intense violence in Iraq, including a car bomb that killed nearly 50 people, has led to a concession from interim President Ghazi al-Yawar that it may not be possible to hold elections in January as planned. This marked a significant shift in stance for Iraqi officials, who had previously insisted
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A devastating car bomb tore through a convoy of American and Iraqi troops near Falluja on Monday morning, killing seven marines and three Iraqis. The attack, which was not immediately confirmed to be a suicide blast, marked the deadliest on American troops in four months. The incident took place in
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President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry spent Labor Day campaigning, with the two candidates sharply disagreeing on the war in Iraq. Mr. Bush defended the war as "right for America then and it's right for America now," while Mr. Kerry condemned it as "
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Systemic failures and lack of accountability led to widespread human rights violations at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, according to a recently released Army investigation. The report highlights the roles of top commanders, military intelligence officers, and a breakdown in communication and training that enabled the abuses. The investigation found
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A high-level panel has concluded that leadership failures at the highest levels of the Pentagon, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and military command in Iraq contributed to the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison and other facilities. Defense officials said the report, to be released Tuesday, does not explicitly blame
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Iraq's Prime Minister Ayad Allawi on Thursday issued a final warning to rebel cleric Moktada al-Sadr, urging him to disarm and vacate the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, where his followers have been battling American troops for weeks. The warning was accompanied by a major intensification of American
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American commanders had hoped the Najaf battle would be a quick, decisive action against Moktada al-Sadr's fighters, but the combat ultimately bogged down into a grinding battle that may have strengthened the militiaman's hand. The failure to achieve strategic goals in Najaf and Falluja has raised
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A scathing U.S. Senate intelligence committee report has uncovered catastrophic failures in the intelligence-gathering that led to the invasion of Iraq. The report reveals that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) seriously exaggerated the threat of Iraq's non-conventional weapons capability, leading to a war that was
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C.I.A. Director George J. Tenet told Congress that the agency is increasingly skeptical of the assertion that a Sept. 11 hijacker, Mohamed Atta, met an Iraqi intelligence officer in Prague in April 2001. This assessment differs significantly from Vice President Dick Cheney's claims that such a
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Iraq's interim government has announced that it will take legal custody of Saddam Hussein and 11 of his top associates from the United States, marking a significant step towards bringing the former dictator to justice. The move comes as Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi acknowledged that American forces
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Iyad Allawi, Iraq's new interim prime minister, has vowed to take a tough stance against insurgents and deliver stability and security to the country. As he prepares to take power, he faces a challenging balancing act between his promises of action and the need to navigate complex Iraqi
