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Iraq security concerns grow over US pullout - 27 Jun 09 (video)
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Iraq security concerns grow over US pullout - 27 Jun 09 (video)
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Iraqi parliament members have been facing questions over why more than 250 people have been killed in violent attacks in the last week.The spike in bloodshed...
4 US soldiers killed during Iraq cities pullout - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com - 6/30/2009
4 US soldiers killed during Iraq cities pullout - Yahoo! News
— news.yahoo.com — U.S. combat troops to withdraw from Iraq cities Reuters A U.S. soldier looks at the remains of... houses after a suicide bomb attack in Kirkuk, 250 km north of (more) 4 US soldiers killed during Iraq cities pullout - Yahoo! ...

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Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News:  Iraq (parliament) debates worsening security

Informed Comment:  Maliki Says Iraq can Patrol Own Cities

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Iraq (parliament) debates worsening security
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — Source: Al Jazeera English Members of parliament in Iraq are meeting to debate the reasons behind the escalating violence in the country that has claimed more than 250 lives last week. Saturday's meeting precedes a planned withdrawal of US troops from most Iraqi cities on June 30. At least 13 people were killed and dozens wounded in a bomb attack in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad on Friday. The bomb, planted on a motorbike at a motorcycle market in the city centre, was the latest in a recent series of major attacks on civilian targets. Muqtada al-Sadr, a prominent Iraqi Shia leader, has blamed the recent surge of violence on US plans to withdraw its troops from Iraqi streets. Read more: ...

Maliki Says Iraq can Patrol Own Cities
Informed Comment — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki maintained Saturday that Iraq is ready to provide its own security in the cities, as US troops cease patrolling. This despite the raft of bombings that kille about 200 people last week. Aljazeera English has video on the lack of political progress and the failure of reconciliation in Iraq. End/ (Not Continued) Cont'd (click below or on "comments") ...

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