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Special report: Tension escalates in
Iraq
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U.S. President George W. Bush (R) walks with Press Secretary Tony Snow through the Colonnade at the White House in Washington Oct. 18, 2006. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
Photo Gallery >>> | WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Growing U.S. deaths
in the Iraq war will not make President George W. Bush reconsider his plans for
Iraq, White House spokesman Tony Snow told reporters on Wednesday.
"The strategy is to win," Snow said. "As everybody
says, correctly, we've got to win. And that comes at a cost."
Snow made the remarks upon the report that 10
American troops had been killed the day before, raising the death toll so far
this month to 69 and putting October on track to be the deadliest month for
coalition forces in nearly two years.
More than 2,761 U.S. soldiers have been killed since
the U.S.-led Iraq war broke out in March 2003.
Criticizing Bush's Iraq policy, some U.S. lawmakers
are calling for a new strategy in Iraq.
Bush's Republican Party also fears that the unpopular
war may cost them control the U.S. Congress in November elections, and some have
recently called for reassessing U.S. strategy in Iraq.
On Monday, Bush called Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri
al-Maliki, saying that he has no plans to pull U.S. forces out of the country
and pledged full support for the Iraqi government, the White House said.
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UK army chief seeks Iraq
pullout
LONDON, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- Britain should
withdraw its troops from Iraq as their continued presence only exacerbates the
country's security problems, Britain's top army commander said in an interview
published on Friday.
In an interview for Friday's edition of the Daily Mail
newspaper, published on its website, General Sir Richard Dannatt said Britain's
Iraq venture was aggravating the security threat elsewhere in the world. Full story
Iraq: 86 killings postpone
reconciliation
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Iraqi policemen inspect the scene
of a car bombing in Kirkuk Oct. 15, 2006.(Xinhua/AFP Photo)
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BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- A national
reconciliation conference in Baghdad was indefinitely postponed Sunday
following two days of sectarian revenge killings and insurgent bombings left at
least 86 Iraqis dead.
The Ministry of State for National Dialogue
said the gathering, planned for Saturday, had been put off for "emergency
reasons out of the control of the ministry."
The postponement could deeply damage the al-Maliki
administration, which took office just over four months ago promising to
implement a 24-point National Reconciliation plan.
Al-Maliki did not comment on the postponement,
instead issuing a message to the Iraqi people Sunday praising them for approving
the country's first post-Saddam Hussein constitution exactly one year ago.
He acknowledged the document's adoption had intensified the insurgency. Full story
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