Special report: Tension escalates in
Iraq
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush said on
Saturday that he is expecting "greater consensus" before he makes new decisions
over Iraq policy.
"I want to hear all advice before I make any decisions about adjustments to
our strategy in Iraq," Bush said in his weekly radio address.
"Success in Iraq will require leaders in Washington -- Republicans and
Democrats alike -- to come together and find greater consensus on the best path
forward," Bush said of the panel headed by former U.S. secretary of state James
Baker and ex-congressman and foreign policy expert Lee Hamilton.
He claimed the United States wants to help Iraqis build a free and
democratic nation in the heart of the Middle East.
The bipartisan commission, formally known as the Iraq Study Group, is due
to issue its report offering "a new approach" on Iraq on Wednesday.
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BAGHDAD, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- The death toll rose to 51 in
three coordinated car bombings in a commercial area in central Baghdad on
Saturday afternoon, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.
A total of 90 people were also injured when three parked
car exploded at around 4:30 p.m. (1330 GMT) in a commercial area in the mixed
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Rice says U.S. has made mistakes in Iraq war
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday admitted that the United States has made mistakes in the Iraq war.
"As to whether the United States has made mistakes: of course, I'm sure we have," Rice said in an interview by the Arabic satellite television station Al-Arabiya. Full story>>
