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Bush Says 'America Loses' Under Democrats - washingtonpost.com
Bush Says 'America Loses' Under Democrats - washingtonpost.com: 'October 31, 2006; Page A01
SUGAR LAND, Tex., Oct. 30 --
President Bush said terrorists will win if Democrats win'
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U.S. Drops Bid Over Royalties From Chevron - New York Times
U.S. Drops Bid Over Royalties From Chevron - New York Times: 'The reversal in the case, which involves Chevron’s accounting of natural gas sales to a company it partly owned, has renewed criticism that the Bush administration is reluctant to confront oil and gas companies and is lax in collecting royalties.
“The government is giving up without a fight,” said Richard T. Dorman, a lawyer representing private citizens suing Chevron over its federal royalty payments. “If this decision is left standing, it would result in the loss of tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions, of dollars in royalties owed by other companies.”
In return for the right to drill on federal lands and in federal waters, energy companies are required to pay the government a share of their proceeds. Last year, businesses producing natural gas paid $5.15 billion in government royalties.'
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Democrat may be first black Massachusetts governor - Yahoo! News Democrat may be first black Massachusetts governor - Yahoo! News:
"Patrick has a polling lead of as much as 25 points over his Republican rival, Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey, who would be the state's first female elected governor. She lacks his charisma but has gathered support by branding Patrick a tax-and-spend liberal who is soft on crime."
Conservative NY Post endorses Hillary Clinton - Yahoo! News Conservative NY Post endorses Hillary Clinton - Yahoo! News: "Mon Oct 30, 11:27 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The conservative New York Post endorsed Democratic Sen.
Hillary Clinton for re-election on Monday in the latest sign of closeness between the Clintons and the Post's media mogul owner Rupert Murdoch."
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The conservative New York Post endorsed Democratic Sen.
Hillary Clinton for re-election on Monday in the latest sign of closeness between the Clintons and the Post's media mogul owner Rupert Murdoch."
Bush accuses Democrats of lacking plan for Iraq - Yahoo! News Bush accuses Democrats of lacking plan for Iraq - Yahoo! News: "'The Democratic goal is to get out of Iraq. The Republican goal is to win in Iraq,' Bush told a rally in a gymnasium at Georgia Southern University."
BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | No 10 warning ahead of Iraq vote BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | No 10 warning ahead of Iraq vote: "Downing Street has warned of 'very real consequences' for British troops in Iraq if MPs defeat the government over calls for an inquiry into the war.
The Commons will debate a Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru call for a probe now into the war and aftermath, backed by Lib Dems and Labour rebels.
The Tories say they may also support it if ministers do not agree to hold a broader inquiry once troops leave.
No 10 says an inquiry now would be seen by the enemy as a sign of weakness.
Ministers had said that the Hutton Inquiry, into the death of government adviser David Kelly, and the Butler Inquiry into the pre-war intelligence were enough."
The Commons will debate a Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru call for a probe now into the war and aftermath, backed by Lib Dems and Labour rebels.
The Tories say they may also support it if ministers do not agree to hold a broader inquiry once troops leave.
No 10 says an inquiry now would be seen by the enemy as a sign of weakness.
Ministers had said that the Hutton Inquiry, into the death of government adviser David Kelly, and the Butler Inquiry into the pre-war intelligence were enough."
51% of Americans want Bush impeached (hidden in) NEWSWEEK Poll: GOP Losing Its Base - Newsweek Politics - MSNBC.com NEWSWEEK Poll: GOP Losing Its Base - Newsweek Politics - MSNBC.com:
"Other parts of a potential Democratic agenda receive less support, especially calls to impeach Bush: 47 percent of Democrats say that should be a “top priority,” but only 28 percent of all Americans say it should be, 23 percent say it should be a lower priority and nearly half, 44 percent, say it should not be done."
"Other parts of a potential Democratic agenda receive less support, especially calls to impeach Bush: 47 percent of Democrats say that should be a “top priority,” but only 28 percent of all Americans say it should be, 23 percent say it should be a lower priority and nearly half, 44 percent, say it should not be done."
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Telegraph | News | Secret Cabinet memo admits Iraq is fuelling UK terror Telegraph | News | Secret Cabinet memo admits Iraq is fuelling UK terror: "Secret Cabinet memo admits Iraq is fuelling UK terror
By Patrick Hennessy and Sean Rayment, Sunday Telegraph
Last Updated: 11:30pm BST 28/10/2006
Tony Blair's claim that there is no link between Britain's foreign policy and terrorist attacks in this country is blown apart by a secret cabinet memo revealed today.
A classified paper written by senior Downing Street officials says that everything Britain does overseas for the next decade must have the ultimate aim of reducing 'terror activity, especially that in or directed against the UK'.
It admits that, in an ideal world, 'the Muslim would not perceive the UK and its foreign policies as hostile' – effectively accepting the argument that Britain's military action in Iraq and Afghanistan has served as a recruiting sergeant for Islamist terrorist groups. Publicly, Mr Blair has resisted this line fiercely. During his final speech as leader to Labour's annual conference last month, he described such claims as 'enemy propaganda'."
By Patrick Hennessy and Sean Rayment, Sunday Telegraph
Last Updated: 11:30pm BST 28/10/2006
Tony Blair's claim that there is no link between Britain's foreign policy and terrorist attacks in this country is blown apart by a secret cabinet memo revealed today.
A classified paper written by senior Downing Street officials says that everything Britain does overseas for the next decade must have the ultimate aim of reducing 'terror activity, especially that in or directed against the UK'.
It admits that, in an ideal world, 'the Muslim would not perceive the UK and its foreign policies as hostile' – effectively accepting the argument that Britain's military action in Iraq and Afghanistan has served as a recruiting sergeant for Islamist terrorist groups. Publicly, Mr Blair has resisted this line fiercely. During his final speech as leader to Labour's annual conference last month, he described such claims as 'enemy propaganda'."
Afghanistan war is 'cuckoo', says Blair's favourite general | UK News | The Observer Afghanistan war is 'cuckoo', says Blair's favourite general | UK News | The Observer: "Sunday October 29, 2006
The Observer
Tony Blair's most trusted military commander yesterday branded as 'cuckoo' the way Britain's overstretched army was sent into Afghanistan.
The remarkable rebuke by General the Lord Guthrie came in an Observer interview, his first since quitting as Chief of the Defence Staff five years ago, in which he made an impassioned plea for more troops, new equipment and more funds for a 'very, very' over-committed army.
The decision by Guthrie, an experienced Whitehall insider and Blair confidant, to go public is likely to alarm Downing Street and the Ministry of Defence more than the recent public criticism by the current army chief Sir Richard Dannatt. 'Anyone who thought this was going to be a picnic in Afghanistan - anyone who had read any history, anyone who knew the Afghans, or had seen the terrain, anyone who had thought about the Taliban resurgence, anyone who understood what was going on across the border in Baluchistan and Waziristan [should have known] - to launch the British army in with the numbers there are, while we're still going on in Iraq is cuckoo,' Guthrie said."
The Observer
Tony Blair's most trusted military commander yesterday branded as 'cuckoo' the way Britain's overstretched army was sent into Afghanistan.
The remarkable rebuke by General the Lord Guthrie came in an Observer interview, his first since quitting as Chief of the Defence Staff five years ago, in which he made an impassioned plea for more troops, new equipment and more funds for a 'very, very' over-committed army.
The decision by Guthrie, an experienced Whitehall insider and Blair confidant, to go public is likely to alarm Downing Street and the Ministry of Defence more than the recent public criticism by the current army chief Sir Richard Dannatt. 'Anyone who thought this was going to be a picnic in Afghanistan - anyone who had read any history, anyone who knew the Afghans, or had seen the terrain, anyone who had thought about the Taliban resurgence, anyone who understood what was going on across the border in Baluchistan and Waziristan [should have known] - to launch the British army in with the numbers there are, while we're still going on in Iraq is cuckoo,' Guthrie said."
BBC NEWS | Americas | Brazil voters choose president BBC NEWS | Americas | Brazil voters choose president: "He has also suggested Mr Alckmin would sell off Brazil's remaining state companies.
Privatisation is generally viewed with suspicion in Brazil."
Privatisation is generally viewed with suspicion in Brazil."
Saturday, October 28, 2006
The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Airport screeners fail to see most test bombs The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Airport screeners fail to see most test bombs: "Airport screeners fail to see most test bombs
By Ron Marsico
Newhouse News Service
NEWARK, N.J. — Screeners at Newark Liberty International Airport, one of the starting points for the Sept. 11 hijackers, failed 20 of 22 security tests conducted by undercover U.S. agents last week, missing concealed bombs and guns at checkpoints throughout the major air hub's three terminals, according to federal security officials.
The tests, conducted Oct. 19 by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents, also revealed failures by screeners to follow standard operating procedures while checking passengers and their baggage for prohibited items, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
'We can do better, and training is the path to improved performance,' said Mark Hatfield Jr., the Newark airport's federal security director. The poor test results at Newark come after heightened security procedures that the TSA put in place at U.S. airports in August.
One of the security officials familiar with last week's tests said Newark screeners missed fake explosive devices hidden under bottles of water in carry-on luggage, taped beneath an agent's clothing and concealed under a leg bandage another tester wore.
The official said screeners also failed to use handheld metal-detector wands when required, missed an explosive device during a pat-down and failed to properly hand-check suspicious carry-on bags. Supervisors also were cited for failing to properly monitor checkpoint screeners, the official said. 'We just totally missed everything,' the official said."
By Ron Marsico
Newhouse News Service
NEWARK, N.J. — Screeners at Newark Liberty International Airport, one of the starting points for the Sept. 11 hijackers, failed 20 of 22 security tests conducted by undercover U.S. agents last week, missing concealed bombs and guns at checkpoints throughout the major air hub's three terminals, according to federal security officials.
The tests, conducted Oct. 19 by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents, also revealed failures by screeners to follow standard operating procedures while checking passengers and their baggage for prohibited items, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
'We can do better, and training is the path to improved performance,' said Mark Hatfield Jr., the Newark airport's federal security director. The poor test results at Newark come after heightened security procedures that the TSA put in place at U.S. airports in August.
One of the security officials familiar with last week's tests said Newark screeners missed fake explosive devices hidden under bottles of water in carry-on luggage, taped beneath an agent's clothing and concealed under a leg bandage another tester wore.
The official said screeners also failed to use handheld metal-detector wands when required, missed an explosive device during a pat-down and failed to properly hand-check suspicious carry-on bags. Supervisors also were cited for failing to properly monitor checkpoint screeners, the official said. 'We just totally missed everything,' the official said."
Annual Worldwide Press Freedom Index - 2006 Reporters sans frontières - Annual Worldwide Press Freedom Index - 2006:
"The United States (53rd) has fallen nine places since last year, after being in 17th position in the first year of the Index, in 2002. Relations between the media and the Bush administration sharply deteriorated after the president used the pretext of “national security” to regard as suspicious any journalist who questioned his “war on terrorism.” The zeal of federal courts which, unlike those in 33 US states, refuse to recognise the media’s right not to reveal its sources, even threatens journalists whose investigations have no connection at all with terrorism.
Freelance journalist and blogger Josh Wolf was imprisoned when he refused to hand over his video archives. Sudanese cameraman Sami al-Haj, who works for the pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera, has been held without trial since June 2002 at the US military base at Guantanamo, and Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein has been held by US authorities in Iraq since April this year."
"The United States (53rd) has fallen nine places since last year, after being in 17th position in the first year of the Index, in 2002. Relations between the media and the Bush administration sharply deteriorated after the president used the pretext of “national security” to regard as suspicious any journalist who questioned his “war on terrorism.” The zeal of federal courts which, unlike those in 33 US states, refuse to recognise the media’s right not to reveal its sources, even threatens journalists whose investigations have no connection at all with terrorism.
Freelance journalist and blogger Josh Wolf was imprisoned when he refused to hand over his video archives. Sudanese cameraman Sami al-Haj, who works for the pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera, has been held without trial since June 2002 at the US military base at Guantanamo, and Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein has been held by US authorities in Iraq since April this year."
In Border Fence's Path, Congressional Roadblocks - washingtonpost.com In Border Fence's Path, Congressional Roadblocks - washingtonpost.com: "Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, October 6, 2006; Page A01
No sooner did Congress authorize construction of a 700-mile fence on the U.S.-Mexico border last week than lawmakers rushed to approve separate legislation that ensures it will never be built, at least not as advertised, according to Republican lawmakers and immigration experts."
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Bloomberg.com: Latin America Bloomberg.com: Latin America: "By Guillermo Parra-Bernal
Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez leads his closest rival ahead of the Dec. 3 vote by 35 percentage points in a Zogby International poll, the fourth survey this month suggesting a landslide win for the president.
Chavez had the backing of 59 percent of the 800 people in the Oct. 1-16 survey, compared with 24 percent for opposition candidate Manuel Rosales, Zogby said on its Web site. The poll, commissioned by University of Miami School of Communication, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
The lead in polls reflects Chavez's efforts to push ``for reforms at home to pull Venezuelans out of poverty and to improve the public health care system in the nation,'' Zogby said in a statement on the Web site.
The Zogby poll is the fourth in a week showing voters will re-elect Chavez for a second, six-year term. In September, Chavez said that if re-elected, he would call a referendum in 2010 to change the constitution to allow him to hold office without any term limit.
Since taking office in 1999, Chavez, 52, has used a record oil windfall to spend about half the national budget in healthcare and education services as well as food subsidies for the nation's poor."
Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez leads his closest rival ahead of the Dec. 3 vote by 35 percentage points in a Zogby International poll, the fourth survey this month suggesting a landslide win for the president.
Chavez had the backing of 59 percent of the 800 people in the Oct. 1-16 survey, compared with 24 percent for opposition candidate Manuel Rosales, Zogby said on its Web site. The poll, commissioned by University of Miami School of Communication, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
The lead in polls reflects Chavez's efforts to push ``for reforms at home to pull Venezuelans out of poverty and to improve the public health care system in the nation,'' Zogby said in a statement on the Web site.
The Zogby poll is the fourth in a week showing voters will re-elect Chavez for a second, six-year term. In September, Chavez said that if re-elected, he would call a referendum in 2010 to change the constitution to allow him to hold office without any term limit.
Since taking office in 1999, Chavez, 52, has used a record oil windfall to spend about half the national budget in healthcare and education services as well as food subsidies for the nation's poor."
Electronic voting blamed for Quebec municipal election 'disaster' Electronic voting blamed for Quebec municipal election 'disaster': "Quebec's chief electoral officer is urging the province to stop using electronic voting systems.
In a new report on problems with Quebec's 2005 municipal election, chief electoral officer Marcel Blanchet targets the electronic voting system used to collect and count the votes.
The election was an expensive disaster marked by errors, which produced inaccurate numbers and unreliable results, the report said. And the new electronic system is to blame, it adds."
Cleric 'should go for rape comments' | | The Australian Cleric 'should go for rape comments' | | The Australian: "October 26, 2006
AUSTRALIA'S top Muslim cleric Sheik al-Taj al-Din al-Hilaly should be sacked and deported for comments which essentially excused young Muslim men who committed rape, federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner Pru Goward said today.
Ms Goward said the sheik had a history of making such comments and many would feel Australia's tolerance had been abused.
'It is incitement to a crime. Young Muslim men who now rape women can cite this in court, can quote this man ... their leader in court,' she told Channel 9.
'It's time we stopped just saying he should apologise. It is time the Islamic community did more then say they were horrified. I think it is time he left.'
Sheik al-Hilaly's comments were delivered in a Ramadan sermon to 500 worshippers in Sydney last month, The Australian newspaper reported.
'If you take out uncovered meat and place it outside on the street, or in the the garden or in the park, or in the backyard without a cover, and the cats come and eat it ... whose fault is it, the cats' or the uncovered meat,' he said.
'The uncovered meat is the problem.
'If she was in her room, in her home, in her hajib (Islamic headdress), no problem would have occurred.'"
AUSTRALIA'S top Muslim cleric Sheik al-Taj al-Din al-Hilaly should be sacked and deported for comments which essentially excused young Muslim men who committed rape, federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner Pru Goward said today.
Ms Goward said the sheik had a history of making such comments and many would feel Australia's tolerance had been abused.
'It is incitement to a crime. Young Muslim men who now rape women can cite this in court, can quote this man ... their leader in court,' she told Channel 9.
'It's time we stopped just saying he should apologise. It is time the Islamic community did more then say they were horrified. I think it is time he left.'
Sheik al-Hilaly's comments were delivered in a Ramadan sermon to 500 worshippers in Sydney last month, The Australian newspaper reported.
'If you take out uncovered meat and place it outside on the street, or in the the garden or in the park, or in the backyard without a cover, and the cats come and eat it ... whose fault is it, the cats' or the uncovered meat,' he said.
'The uncovered meat is the problem.
'If she was in her room, in her home, in her hajib (Islamic headdress), no problem would have occurred.'"
War Now Works Against GOP - washingtonpost.com War Now Works Against GOP - washingtonpost.com: "'When we went there in 2003, we had a mission to get rid of Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction. We're still in Iraq 3 1/2 years later and the mission isn't clear,' Murphy told an audience here last week. 'Together we can change it. We can change what we're doing in Iraq.'
Just three months ago, Republican strategists believed that doubts about Iraq could be contained -- or even turned into an electoral advantage -- if the battle was framed as a vital front in the war against terrorism. Voters would be invited to choose: Stand firm or capitulate.
But the issue is not playing out that way. In both parties, a consensus now exists -- buttressed by polls -- that disaffection with a war grown costly and difficult to manage is the gravest threat to continued Republican rule.
Iraq is not only a potent issue in its own right, but is also a resonant metaphor for doubts about the competence and accountability of the Republican Party."
Bush, Republicans turn to talk shows for help - Yahoo! News Bush, Republicans turn to talk shows for help - Yahoo! News: "On Tuesday the White House invited more than three dozen hosts from both sides of the political spectrum so they could interview top administration officials.
Radio personalities and programs play a political role in many countries. In America, they have become largely a powerful ally for conservatives, even as the rise of Internet blogs has broadened the spectrum of voter voices being heard.
'The liberal media wants to suppress the vote, they want to convince you that this race is over, they want you to go away and they want us to lose. I'm here to tell you that you have the power (to prove them wrong),' conservative talk radio host Sean Hannity told a Republican rally in Cincinnati last week in a jab at what conservatives call a liberal mainstream media.
Hannity, who does a show for ABC Radio that reaches 13 million people a week as well as a television show for Fox News, said his shows give politicians the opportunity for 'real interviews, not soundbites' -- the sort of unfiltered access to voters that mainstream media don't offer."
Radio personalities and programs play a political role in many countries. In America, they have become largely a powerful ally for conservatives, even as the rise of Internet blogs has broadened the spectrum of voter voices being heard.
'The liberal media wants to suppress the vote, they want to convince you that this race is over, they want you to go away and they want us to lose. I'm here to tell you that you have the power (to prove them wrong),' conservative talk radio host Sean Hannity told a Republican rally in Cincinnati last week in a jab at what conservatives call a liberal mainstream media.
Hannity, who does a show for ABC Radio that reaches 13 million people a week as well as a television show for Fox News, said his shows give politicians the opportunity for 'real interviews, not soundbites' -- the sort of unfiltered access to voters that mainstream media don't offer."
Bush says not satisfied with Iraq war - Yahoo! News Bush says not satisfied with Iraq war - Yahoo! News: "Wed Oct 25, 5:24 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
President Bush said on Wednesday he was not satisfied with the way the
Iraq war was going and bore the blame for it, as he sought to tamp down election-year demands for a dramatic course correction.
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Sounding testy at times during an hour-long news conference in the White House East Room, Bush insisted 'we're winning, and we will win' the war."
BBC NEWS | Americas | Bush 'dissatisfied' with Iraq war BBC NEWS | Americas | Bush 'dissatisfied' with Iraq war: "US President George W Bush says he is unhappy with the progress of the war in Iraq, admitting that a recent upsurge in violence is a 'serious concern'.
'I know many Americans are not satisfied with the situation in Iraq,' he said. 'I'm not satisfied either.'"
Republican base loses faith | csmonitor.com Republican base loses faith | csmonitor.com: "A Gallup poll earlier this month found white religious voters 'equally as likely to say they will vote Democratic as Republican.' And a Pew Research poll last week found just 57 percent of white Evangelicals planning to vote Republican, a drop from 68 percent in 2002 and 74 percent in 2004. Among white Catholics, the decline was even greater.
'The GOP's problems with white Evangelicals are important, but they have even bigger problems with white Catholics,' says John Green, senior fellow at Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. 'The survey shows a majority of white Catholics saying they'll vote for a Democratic congressional candidate; that's a return to where white Catholics would have been a decade or two ago.'
The shift reflects plummeting support for the Republican administration and Congress over the war in Iraq and multiplying political scandals. But it appears that Democratic candidates' efforts to articulate their faith and values - and tie them to a broader range of issues - are also resonating with voters."
cleveland.com: NewsFlash - News groups challenge Ohio's revised exit polling directive cleveland.com: NewsFlash - News groups challenge Ohio's revised exit polling directive: "0/24/2006, 5:45 p.m. ET
By JULIE CARR SMYTH
The Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's new guidelines on conducting exit polls on Election Day, written after a judge threw out the old rules, are vague and confusing and should be rejected, a coalition of national news organizations argues in a lawsuit.
In the suit, television networks ABC, CNN, CBS, Fox News and NBC and The Associated Press ask U.S. District Judge Michael H. Watson to spell out the rules for county election boards in his own words and force Secretary of State Ken Blackwell to post them so the plaintiffs can interview voters leaving polling places on Nov. 7."
By JULIE CARR SMYTH
The Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's new guidelines on conducting exit polls on Election Day, written after a judge threw out the old rules, are vague and confusing and should be rejected, a coalition of national news organizations argues in a lawsuit.
In the suit, television networks ABC, CNN, CBS, Fox News and NBC and The Associated Press ask U.S. District Judge Michael H. Watson to spell out the rules for county election boards in his own words and force Secretary of State Ken Blackwell to post them so the plaintiffs can interview voters leaving polling places on Nov. 7."
Halliburton Cited For Iraq Overhead - washingtonpost.com Halliburton Cited For Iraq Overhead - washingtonpost.com: "According to internal government documents released in March, auditors found that the company had repeatedly overcharged the government by, among other things, billing for work it didn't actually do and paying suppliers more than they were owed. Meanwhile, work schedules slid and company officials balked at requests for accurate cost estimates. At one point, officials threatened to terminate the deal. Instead, KBR -- which has received more money from the Iraq war effort than any other firm -- was allowed to keep the contract and is now winding up work."
Congressman From Arizona Is the Focus of an Inquiry - New York Times Congressman From Arizona Is the Focus of an Inquiry - New York Times: "October 25, 2006
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 — Federal authorities in Arizona have opened an inquiry into whether Representative Rick Renzi introduced legislation that benefited a military contractor that employs his father, law enforcement officials said Tuesday."
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 — Federal authorities in Arizona have opened an inquiry into whether Representative Rick Renzi introduced legislation that benefited a military contractor that employs his father, law enforcement officials said Tuesday."
More U.S. Troops May Be Iraq-Bound - washingtonpost.com More U.S. Troops May Be Iraq-Bound - washingtonpost.com: "Wednesday, October 25, 2006; Page A01
BAGHDAD, Oct. 24 -- The top American commander in Iraq said Tuesday that he may call for more troops to be sent to Baghdad, possibly by increasing the overall U.S. presence in Iraq, as rising bloodshed pushes Iraqi and American deaths to some of their highest levels of the war."
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 24 -- The top American commander in Iraq said Tuesday that he may call for more troops to be sent to Baghdad, possibly by increasing the overall U.S. presence in Iraq, as rising bloodshed pushes Iraqi and American deaths to some of their highest levels of the war."
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