Friday November 24, 2006 12:46 PM
CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) - The Bush administration lamented the newest flare up of civilian strife in Iraq, even as the White House looked with anticipation toward a meeting next week between President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. "We condemn such acts of senseless violence that are clearly aimed at undermining the Iraqi people's hopes for a peaceful and stable Iraq,'' White House spokesman Jeanie Mamo said as the first family spent Thanksgiving at their Catoctin Mountain retreat in Maryland. "The United States is committed to helping the Iraqis,'' Mamo added. Comment: Can you say "crocodile tears"? The only way to end the violence in Iraq is for the occupying troops to leave. Now.
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Created: 24.11.2006 15:37 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 15:39 MSK, 3 hours 55 minutes ago
MosNews The latest suicide bombings in Iraq which killed over 200 people prove that tensions are mounting across the war-torn country, presidential aide in charge of international cooperation on combating terrorism and international crime, Anatoly Safonov, told the Interfax news agency Friday.
"It is not just that the unstable situation persists. It is that tension is mounting in all directions. A fuse and a charge sufficient for an explosion already exist in Iraq. One factor after another serves as the detonator. The scenario is quite alarming," he said. |
Staff and agencies
Friday November 24, 2006 Guardian Unlimited Two bombs killed at least 22 people and wounded another 26 in the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar today, police said.
The bombs, one hidden in a parked car and the other in a suicide vest worn by a pedestrian, apparently targeted civilians outside a car dealership in the city, 90 miles east of the Syrian border. |
AFP
24 Nov 06 The Iraqi capital has been locked down by an indefinite curfew after more than 200 people were killed by a wave of bombings in a Shiite slum in by far the deadliest attack since the war in 2003.
The bloodshed continued when a triple bomb attack in the northern town of Tal Afar killed 11 people and wounded another 42. |
Patrick Wintour and Richard Norton-Taylor
Thursday November 23, 2006 The Guardian The clearest government timetable yet for Britain's withdrawal from Iraq was set out yesterday when the foreign secretary, Margaret Beckett, said she was confident Britain could hand control of the south of the country to Iraqi forces in spring.
It is the first time a British minister has given such an optimistic analysis and was cleared with No 10 before being laid out in the Commons. She denied that her forecast amounted to the government cutting and running, or to a prediction of a total withdrawal. But her remarks are a benchmark against which progress can now be tested. |
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