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Suicide Bombers Kill Dozens Across Iraq 
Washington Post - 2 hours, 10 minutes ago
BAGHDAD, March 24 -- More than 45 Iraqis were killed and dozens injured in suicide bombings across Iraq on Saturday, officials said, as insurgents stepped up their offensives against the Iraqi police and military.Democrats defend plan for Iraq pullout AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 24 5:34 PM
The Democrats' plan to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq next year responds to voters' demand for change, New Hampshire Rep. Paul Hodes said Saturday.For a Charmer From Iraq, an Angel From Queens New York Times - Mar 24 5:13 PM
A 2 ½-year-old Iraqi girl will soon have life-changing surgery in Queens thanks to a caring Army veteran who served in Iraq.Crowd Protests Iraq War WTAE ThePittsburghChannel.com via Yahoo! News - Mar 24 4:00 PM
A crowd, stretching as long as a city block, took to the streets to deliver one message Saturday: to bring the troops home from Iraq.U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,234 AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 24 3:44 PM
As of Saturday, March 24, 2007, at least 3,234 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,607 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.Analysis: Envoy leaves a struggling Iraq AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 24 12:11 PM
On his first day as U.S. ambassador, Zalmay Khalilzad said al-Qaida in Iraq and Sunni insurgents wanted to start a civil war. He leaves his post after 21 months as U.S. and Iraqi forces fight to keep that fear from becoming reality in Baghdad.Suicide bombers kill dozens in Iraq Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 24 12:40 PM
Suicide bombers struck across Iraq on Saturday in a sharp upsurge in violence that killed more than 60 people, many of them policemen.Bush pushes Congress on Iraq funds AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 24 9:59 AM
US President George W. Bush on Saturday warned his Democrats foes, who control the Congress, that he will not budge on Iraq war funding and another feud pitting lawmakers against the White House.Dozens die in Iraq attacks AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 24 9:01 AM
Two suicide bombings and other attacks killed 47 people in Iraq on Saturday, underscoring the apparent powerlessness of officials to contain the raging insurgency in the war-torn country.47 Killed in Iraq Insurgent Attacks ABC News - 1 hour, 17 minutes ago
Suicide Bombing of Police Station Is 1 of a Series of Insurgent Attacks Killing 47 in IraqBombers Kill Dozens in Iraq Washington Post - Mar 24 9:57 AM
Multiple attacks across Iraq kill more than 60 people, many of them Iraqi policemen in Dora.Bush assails Congress over Iraq funds Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 24 7:13 AM
President George W. Bush assailed the Democratic-led Congress on Saturday for challenging him over funding the Iraq war and the firing of federal prosecutors, and demanded that lawmakers back down.Dems challenge Bush with Iraq timetable AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 24 6:41 AM
The House voted Friday for the first time to clamp a cutoff deadline on the Iraq war, agreeing by a thin margin to pull combat troops out by next year and pushing the new Democratic-led Congress ever closer to a showdown with President Bush.UN chief Ban considering greater presence in Iraq AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 24 6:25 AM
UN chief Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday that an expansion of the world body's presence in Iraq was still on the cards, two days after a blast rattled his news conference in Baghdad and made him flinch.Workers tricked into Iraq jobs UPI - Mar 24 4:50 PM
An intergovernmental agency, the International Organization for Migration, says foreign workers are being exploited and tricked into working in Iraq.Iraq probes deputy PM attack as violence rages AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 24 4:46 AM
Iraq was on Saturday interrogating detained bodyguards of Deputy Prime Minister Salam al-Zubayi over a twin-bomb attack that kept the government's top Sunni Arab in hospital for a second day.War at home for hearts and minds / Conflict in iraq: Battle over spending bill just one of many looming for Pelosi, Bush San Francisco Chronicle - 1 hour, 43 minutes ago
Behind their high-stakes showdown over the direction of the Iraq war, President Bush and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have their eyes on the long war -- to win American public opinion. The Texas Republican and the San Francisco Democrat know the... Qaeda front group claims attack on Iraq deputy PM AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 24 4:33 AM
A statement posted in the name of a Sunni insurgent coalition led by Al-Qaeda's Iraq branch said Saturday that it had carried out a twin bombing which wounded Deputy Prime Minister Salam al-Zubayi.Iraq detains deputy PM's guards after assassination bid AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 24 2:16 AM
Iraq has detained guards of Deputy Prime Minister Salam al-Zubayi for interrogation after the government's top Sunni Arab official was wounded in a bomb attack, an official said Saturday.Attacks on Iraq Crackdown Leave 47 Dead ABC News - Mar 24 1:13 PM
Series of Insurgent Attacks, Including Suicide Bombing of Police Station, Kills 47 in IraqState Guardsman killed in Iraq; 3 hurt Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - 3 minutes ago
Minnesota National Guard Sgt. Greg Riewer -- nicknamed Smiley by his family in Frazee because of his quiet nature -- was killed in Iraq while on patrol Friday near Fallujah. Col. Kevin Gutknecht, a Guard spokesman, said Riewer died when a roadside explosive device struck his vehicle about 5:30 p.m. The blast also injured three other Minnesota members of his unit -- Bemidji-based Company A, 2nd ...Citrus farmer aid tied up in Iraq bill AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 24 2:13 AM
A bill promising $40 million in federal aid for a citrus industry recovering from this winter's deep freeze is likely to collapse because it's attached to an Iraq supplemental funding bill that the president is expected to veto.Cheney calls House's Iraq vote `counterproductive' in South Florida appearance Sun-Sentinel - 6 minutes ago
Cheney visits GOP Jewish group Manalapan A day after the U.S. House narrowly voted to set a September 2008 deadline for withdrawing all combat troops from Iraq as part of a defense spending package, Vice President Dick Cheney told leaders of the Republican Jewish Coalition that the action was "counterproductive" and will send the "wrong message" to terrorists. Iraq's Vice-president Urges US Troops To Stay Nasdaq - 2 hours, 28 minutes ago
(RTTNews) - Iraq's vice-president Tareq al-Hashemi, while on a visit to Japan, warned that a quick withdrawal of US troops could worsen the security situation in Iraq. His comments came following the US House of Representatives passed a bill imposing a deadline for all US troops to leave Iraq by 31 August 2008.Suicide Bomb Attacks Kill Dozens In Iraq CBS News - Mar 24 9:19 AM
Two suicide bomb attacks claimed the lives of at least 30 in Iraq today, as insurgents step up their campaign against fellow Sunnis seen as collaborating with the U.S. and the Iraqi government.Jewish groups seek to hammer out joint resolution about Iraq action JTA - 2 hours, 27 minutes ago
Jewish groups are raising concerns about a draft resolution from the umbrella organization of American Jewry expressing support for U.S. actions on Iraq. At least one key member, the American Jewish Committee, is saying it will not sign on.Actor Penn, Rep. Lee appear at town hall meeting on Iraq war / Hundreds gather in Oakland to discuss how to get U.S. ... San Francisco Chronicle - Mar 24 2:08 PM
Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn was the star attraction at a town hall meeting today in Oakland, where hundreds of people gathered to denounce the war in Iraq and call for an immediate withdrawal of American troops. Neither Penn nor Rep. Barbara Lee, the... Frazee soldier killed in Iraq Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Mar 24 6:12 PM
Sgt. Greg Riewer, 28, of Frazee, Minn., was killed by an explosive device Friday in Iraq. Col. Kevin Gutknecht of the Minnesota National Guard said Saturday that Riewer was on patrol near Fallujah when his vehicle was hit. Three other unidentified members of his Minnesota unit were also injured by the blast. Riewer, a 1997 graduate of Frazee High School was one of 13 children. His brother serves ...Bush: House Timetable on Iraq Won't Survive Veto NPR - Mar 24 8:57 AM
Weekend Edition Saturday , March 24, 2007 · The new Democratic-led Congress has taken its most audacious action yet on Iraq.Bush: House Timetable on Iraq Won't Survive Veto NPR - Mar 24 9:00 AM
The House's narrow passge of a bill tying emergency war funds to an August 2008 troop withdrawal date from Iraq won't hold up, President Bush vows. The president says the House won't be able to override a veto.Bush Urges Congress Not to Waste Time on Iraq, U.S. Attorneys Bloomberg.com - Mar 24 8:54 AM
March 24 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush called on Congress to move past the stalemate reached on two key issues this week, and compromise in the debates over funding U.S. troops in Iraq, and over the firing of eight U.S. attorneys.Workers tricked into Iraq jobs The Washington Times - Mar 24 5:08 PM
An intergovernmental agency, the International Organization for Migration, says foreign workers are being exploited and tricked into working in Iraq. The IOM represents 120 member nations on migration issues.Bush blasts Iraq deadline, threatens veto Market Watch - Mar 24 8:52 AM
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- President Bush on Saturday criticized House approval of a bill that would require U.S. troops out of Iraq by fall 2008 and warned that he will veto the measure should Congress pass it. Hodes hails Iraq spending bill New Hampshire Union Leader - 36 minutes ago
New Hampshire Congressman Paul Hodes, delivering the Democratic response to the President's weekly radio address yesterday morning, hailed the passage of the House Iraq spending bill, which sets a timeline for troop withdrawal, as an important step to altering the course of the war.Soldier s death in Iraq is under investigation Naples Daily News - 26 minutes ago
The death last year of a Plant City man serving in Iraq with the U.S. Army Reserves is under investigation, the Department of Defense has announced.Iraq Reconstruction Teams to Receive Needed Support New York Times - Mar 23 7:18 PM
Ten veteran diplomats and four representatives of the Agency for International Development depart for Iraq as the civilian core of 10 new provincial reconstruction teams.Weekend death toll mounts in Iraq UPI - Mar 24 8:04 AM
At least 41 people, including four insurgents, were killed and dozens more wounded in a string of explosions and fighting across Iraq Saturday. In the ...SC Senator speaks on Iraq withdrawl plan WPDE-TV Myrtle Beach - Florence - 49 minutes ago
South Carolina s Senior Senator says he ll work to keep congress from making what he calls a major mistake in the war in Iraq.Iraq: disorder amid the ruins Guardian Unlimited - Mar 24 5:21 PM
Even John Bolton, the neocon's neocon and former American ambassador to the UN, now admits it. Mistakes were made in the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq. Not regime change - he is unrepentant about that - but what happened next.Congressman says Democrats' Iraq bill responds to voters' concerns Boston Herald - Mar 24 3:30 PM
WASHINGTON -- The Democrats' plan to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq next year responds to voters' demand for change, New Hampshire Rep. Paul Hodes said Saturday. Hodes and other House Democrats...Another Minnesota National Guard soldier dies in Iraq KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul - 50 minutes ago
Minnesota National Guard soldier from Frazee killed in IraqDivided House approves Iraq withdrawal bill The Times-Reporter - 2 hours, 4 minutes ago
WASHINGTON President Bush called it political theater and an abdication of responsibilities by the Democrats. But for Nancy Pelosi, House passage of legislation ordering troops home from Iraq next year was sweet victory.US pullout 'would undermine Iraq' BBC News - Mar 24 3:32 AM
Iraq's vice-president warns that a quick withdrawal of US troops from the country would create a security vacuum.Critic of Hussein Grapples With Horrors of Post-Invasion Iraq New York Times - Mar 23 7:19 PM
Up until the invasion, Kanan Makiya was the leading intellectual voice calling for the ouster of Saddam Hussein. Now as sectarian violence in Iraq grows, he is questioning what went wrong.West least served by fast U.S. exit: Iraq's No. 2 The Japan Times - Mar 24 4:48 PM
A quick withdrawal of American forces would not benefit Iraq or Western interests, Iraq's vice president said Saturday in Tokyo, hours after the Democratic Party-led U.S. House of Representatives... Read more ... U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq at 3,234 AP via Yahoo! Asia News - Mar 24 3:44 PM
As of Saturday, March 24, 2007, at least 3,234 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.Dozens die in fresh Iraq attacks BBC News - Mar 24 3:17 AM
More than 50 people die in attacks across Iraq including 20 killed at a Baghdad police station.House, 218 to 212, Votes to Set Date for Iraq Pullout New York Times - Mar 23 6:37 PM
The Democratic leaders of Congress said they were acting on overriding American sentiment to change course in Iraq.Iraq, immigration threaten McCain bid AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 23 6:07 PM
Immigration and Iraq present opposite threats to John McCain's presidential candidacy. The former could undercut his bid for the Republican nomination; the latter, his chances for winning the White House.U.N. Chief Isn?t Discouraged by His Close Call in Iraq New York Times - Mar 23 7:17 PM
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that a mortar shell that landed near him would not deter him from expanding the United Nations presence in Iraq.Al-Qaida Affiliate In Iraq Claims It Targeted UN Chief Nasdaq - Mar 24 2:31 PM
CAIRO (AP)--Al-Qaida's affiliate group in Iraq claimed in a statement Saturday it was behind the attack on a Baghdad compound during the press conference two days ago by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.House passes spending bill with Iraq deadline CNN.com - Mar 23 5:49 PM
President Bush slammed Democrats on Friday after the House narrowly approved a supplemental war spending bill that includes an August 31, 2008, deadline for combat troops to leave Iraq.Marine From Northern New York Dies in Iraq 1010 WINS New York - Mar 24 1:58 PM
A 21-year-old Marine from northern New York has been killed in Iraq, according to family and friends. Henry W. Bogrette, from Richville, was a military policeman. His grandmother, Joan Neuman, said two Marines in dress uniforms came to her door early Friday to tell her that Bogrette had been killed Thursday in Iraq. A graduate of Hermon-DeKalb Central School, he spoke to students last fallMinnesota National Guard Soldier Killed In Iraq WCCO Minneapolis/St. Paul - Mar 24 6:13 PM
A Minnesota National Guard soldier was killed in Iraq, the Defense Department announced Saturday. More Minnesota News Memorial honors first Iraq War female casualty ABC 15 Phoenix - Mar 24 6:34 PM
On the fourth anniversary of her death, friends and relatives of Army Pfc. Lori Ann Piestewa - the first woman to die in the Iraq War - gathered Friday morning beneath the mountain renamed in her honor.Democrats Defend Plan for Iraq Pullout The San Francisco Examiner - Mar 24 5:38 PM
(AP Photo/Dennis Cook) Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., right, discusses House approval of a spending bill, Friday, March 23, 2007, on Capitol Hill in Washington, which sets a deadline for U. S. troops to leave Iraq. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif.,left, and House Majority Whip James Clyburn of S.C., look on.Over 60 killed in string of attacks in Iraq Deutsche Welle - 2 hours, 16 minutes ago
In Iraq, more than 60 people have been killed in a string of suicide bomb attacks. In the worst incident, at least 20 people were killed and another 26 injured in the capital Baghdad.Oakland Holds Town Hall On Iraq Pull Out KGO-TV Bay Area - Mar 24 5:40 PM
An Oakland town hall meeting was called to voice opinions and concerns over a House bill that calls for the withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from Iraq.PM's Iraq plane had fluid leak Perth Now - Mar 24 1:26 PM
THE RAAF pilot at the controls when smoke filled Prime Minister John Howard's plane over Iraq says the incident was caused by a hydraulic fluid leak in an engine.Defying Bush, divided House approves Iraq withdrawal bill after emotional debate KRIS-TV Corpus Christi - Mar 24 5:42 PM
WASHINGTON By a thin margin, the House has approved a war-spending bill that calls for the withdrawal of U-S combat troops from Iraq by September 2008. Congressional...U.S. ambassador calls Kurdish region shining example of the way Iraq should be IndeOnline.com - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) Departing U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad expressed regret Thursday that he is leaving Iraq mired in violence, but he pointed to the country s relatively peaceful Kurdish region as a shining example of the way things should be.US House ties Iraq war funding to withdrawal timeline AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 23 3:33 PM
The US House of Representatives Friday voted to impose an August 31, 2008 deadline to pull combat troops out of Iraq, prompting a veto threat and furious rebuke from President George W. Bush.Suicide bombers strike in Iraq TVNZ - Mar 24 3:07 PM
Suicide bombers have struck across Iraq in a sharp upsurge in violence that killed more than 60 people, many of them policemen.Gillibrand: Iraq should get oil revenues The Saratogian - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago
GREENWICH - Iraq's oil revenues should be used to reconstruct the war-torn country, which should be done by Iraqi and not American companies, U.S. Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-Hudson, said Saturday.Oakland Protestors Rally Against Iraq War KDKA Pittsburgh - Mar 24 5:27 PM
Following the fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq, hundreds turned out for an anti-war rally and protest in Oakland this afternoon. KDKA's Ross Guidotti reports House approves 2008 troop withdrawal from Iraq Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 23 3:30 PM
The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday voted to impose a September 1, 2008, deadline for withdrawing all American combat troops from Iraq, prompting a quick veto promise from President George W. Bush.Hundreds demonstrate against Iraq War The Indianapolis Star - Mar 24 12:34 PM
About 300 Students and other anti war protesters held a vigil and protest of the Iraq War today on Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis.Iraq's Deputy PM Stable Day After Bomb Attack Voice of America - Mar 24 11:07 AM
Iraq's deputy prime minister, injured in an assassination attempt Friday, was in stable condition and moved out of a Baghdad intensive care unit Saturday. Meanwhile, insurgents killed and injured several people in two separate Baghdad attacks, despite the on-going security crackdown in the capital.Veterans' Group Protests Iraq War WTVM 9 Columbus - Mar 24 4:00 PM
To commemorate the anniversary of the war in Iraq, the group Veterans for Peace is traveling from Arkansas to the Gulf Coast, stopping in military communities along the way. The group is in Columbus this weekend to share their message that the war should end.Congressman says Iraq bill responds to voters' concerns KWQC-TV 6 Davenport - 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
WASHINGTON Democrats say they're responding to the demands of voters by passing a war spending bill that requires the withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq.U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,232 AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 23 4:27 PM
As of Friday, March 23, 2007, at least 3,232 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,607 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.Dems Challenge Bush With Iraq Timetable Washington Post - Mar 23 3:23 PM
WASHINGTON -- A sharply divided House voted Friday to order President Bush to bring combat troops home from Iraq next year, a victory for Democrats in an epic war-powers struggle and Congress' boldest challenge yet to the administration's policy. Crowd Protests Iraq War Action News 4 Pittsburgh - Mar 24 4:03 PM
A crowd, stretching as long as a city block, march down the streets to deliver one message: to bring the troops home from Iraq.Sergeant returns from Iraq Delaware State News - 1 hour, 48 minutes ago
HARRINGTON Army Sgt. Richard Zareo II is finally home. After 20 hours in two different airports and 14 months in Iraq, the 34-year-old Harrington native was welcomed back by his family, friends and fellow Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6921 members Sunday at Asbury United Methodist Church.Citrus Farmer Aid Tied Up in Iraq Bill ABC News - Mar 24 2:27 AM
Bush Threatens to Veto Iraq Bill That Would Also Give $40 Million in Aid to Citrus FarmersWalberg: Nothing racist about Iraq-Detroit remarks Battle Creek Enquirer - Mar 24 3:43 PM
JACKSON After winning kudos from Rush Limbaugh and appearing on Fox News Channel this week, U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg said Saturday the firestorm over his comments comparing Iraq to Detroit is overblown. Minnesota National Guard soldier from Frazee killed in Iraq WKBT La Crosse - 1 hour, 47 minutes ago
ST. PAUL Another Minnesota National Guard soldier has died in Iraq.About 250 protest Iraq war Saturday in Burlington The Burlington Free Press - Mar 24 3:01 PM
Published: Saturday, March 24, 2007 By Tim Johnson The latest in Burlington s long series of Iraq war protests, which drew about 250 people for a demonstration Saturday in front of City Hall, had some of the old and some of the new.Larson talks about Iraq vote at town meeting WTNH-TV New Haven - Mar 24 3:09 PM
(West Hartford-WTNH, Mar. 24 2007 6:00 PM) _ A deeply divided vote in the U.S. House of Representatives has spurred more debate on the future of America's involvement in Iraq, and Saturday one congressman spoke his mind about the issue and his vote.Baldwin County soldier injured in Iraq recovering in Germany The Daily Comet - Mar 24 3:49 PM
A Baldwin County soldier who was injured in an insurgent attack that killed four members of his unit in Iraq is being treated in a German hospital and is expected to recover, his mother said.What's happened to Iraq's oil? BBC News - Mar 23 10:11 PM
Iraq's oil pipelline network has crumpled due to both security concerns and neglect, as well as due to a lack of investment.Marine from northern New York dies in Iraq WSTM-TV NBC 3 - 2 hours, 25 minutes ago
MASSENA, N.Y. Family and friends in northern New York are mourning the death of a 21-year-old Marine in Iraq. Henry W. Bogrette, from Richville in Saint Lawrence County, was a military policeman.Bush says he will veto Iraq legislation Dawn - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
WASHINGTON, March 24: US President George W. Bush on Saturday said that he would veto the spending legislation that calls for setting a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq.Soldier's death in Iraq is under investigation FOX 10 Mobile - Mar 24 2:53 PM
PLANT CITY, Fla. The Department of Defense says the death last year of a Plant City man serving in Iraq with the U-S Army Reserves is under investigation. According...47 killed in Iraq insurgent attacks AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 46 minutes ago
A suicide bomber driving a truck with explosives hidden under bricks destroyed a police station Saturday in Baghdad the largest in a series of insurgent strikes against the American-led security crackdown. At least 47 people died in the attacks, including 20 at the police station.Human Traffickers Luring Workers to Iraq Voice of America - Mar 24 8:22 AM
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says it is extremely worried about new patterns of labor exploitation and human trafficking emerging in Iraq. It says some of the workers are taken against their knowledge to Iraq and others are falsely lured there by promises of good-paying jobs.House rewards Pelosi's tenacity on Iraq timetable San Francisco Chronicle - Mar 24 3:47 AM
It was an odd and telling moment Friday when the House Democratic caucus gave a standing ovation to three outspoken anti-war opponents of Speaker Nancy Pelosi's legislation that for the first time set a date to withdraw all U.S. forces from Iraq.... Civil war in Iraq Knight-Ridder Washington Bureau - Mar 24 8:46 AM
The daily Iraq violence report is compiled by McClatchy Newspapers Special Correspondent Mohammed Al Dulaimy in Baghdad from police, military and medical reports. This is not a comprehensive list of all violence in Iraq, much of which goes unreported.Suicide bombers sweep Iraq, killing 60 Adelaide Now - Mar 24 9:21 AM
SUICIDE bombers struck across Iraq today in a sharp upsurge in violence that killed more than 60 people, many of them policemen.Cheney accuses House of not supporting troops in Iraq China Daily - 2 hours, 18 minutes ago
MANALAPAN, Fla. - US Vice President Dick Cheney on Saturday accused the Democrat-led House of not supporting troops in Iraq and of sending a message to terrorists that America will retreat in the face danger.House Passes Iraq Pullout Timetable Washington Post - Mar 23 12:17 PM
A sharply divided House voted yesterday to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq by next summer, attaching a timetable for withdrawal to the billions of dollars in war funding President Bush has demanded to prosecute an increasingly unpopular war. Decorated Stryker soldier killed in Iraq The Columbian - Mar 24 12:31 PM
FORT LEWIS, Wash. (AP) -- A 36-year-old Stryker infantry squad leader from Fort Lewis, who received a Bronze Star for valor in an earlier deployment in Iraq, has died in that country of injuries suffered when he was hit by small arms fire, the Defense Department said Friday.North Country Marine Dies in Iraq WSYR 9 Syracuse - Mar 24 12:48 PM
MASSENA, N.Y. (AP) - Family and friends in northern New York are mourning the death of a 21-year-old Marine in Iraq.Bush vows to veto Iraq withdrawal timeline AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 23 11:56 AM
US President George W. Bush on Friday accused his Democratic foes of undermining US troops in Iraq by passing a bill that ties war funding to a pullout deadline and vowed to veto the measure.Iraq deputy PM hurt in suicide bombing AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 23 10:47 AM
Iraq's deputy prime minister, a Sunni who crossed the country's sectarian divide to join the Shiite-led government, was gravely injured Friday in a suicide bombing at a mosque in the courtyard of his home, his chest pierced with shrapnel, authorities said. Nine people were reported killed in the attack.Hernando Debuts Web Site -- Iraq War Veteran Volunteers to Provide City Its Own Community Internet Location RedNova - Mar 24 12:09 PM
By Wayne Risher risher@desotoappealcom The city of Hernando has launched a new Internet site, designed by the city's best-known Iraq War veteran. Doug Ferguson, who led a DeSoto County-based National Guard unit in Iraq, built and donated Hernando's new site, www.cityofhernando.org.Bonner votes no on Iraq deadline Mobile Press-Register - Mar 24 12:05 PM
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner of Mobile and four other Alabama Republicans voted against a spending bill Friday that would set a timetable for withdrawal of most U.S. troops from Iraq, even though the package contains millions of dollars in potential aid for the state.House approves timetable for Iraq troop withdrawal International Herald Tribune - Mar 23 10:53 AM
After a highly emotional debate, the House voted 218-212 to set a timetable for bringing American troops home. The provision calls for most troops to be out of Iraq by Sept. 1, 2008. Republicans said the measure would amount to micromanaging the war. Left, Speaker Nancy Pelosi.U.S. toll in Iraq San Francisco Chronicle - Mar 24 3:48 AM
As of Friday, at least 3,232 members of the U.S. military had died in Iraq since the beginning of the war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The latest deaths reported by the military: - Marine Cpl. Dustin J. Lee, 20, Quitman, Miss. Baldwin County soldier injured in Iraq Mobile Press-Register - Mar 24 12:06 PM
A 23-year-old soldier from Baldwin County is recovering from surgery in a German hospital for wounds he received in Iraq on March 17 in an attack by insurgents that killed four other members of his unit.