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Clashes in Somolia |
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Written by AP
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Thursday, 29 March 2007 |
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Insurgents shot down a helicopter gunship in Somalia's capital and mortar shells slammed into a hospital Friday in the worst fighting seen in this beleaguered capital in more than 15 years. Dozens of people have been killed since Thursday, when the government and allied Ethiopian troops launched an offensive to quash an increasingly brutal insurgency by Islamic militants. A statement from the International Committee of the Red Cross said the people of Mogadishu are caught up in the worst fighting in more than 15 years. |
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British Troops to Pull Out |
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Written by ALAN COWELL
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Wednesday, 21 February 2007 |
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In sharp contrast to the American troop buildup in Baghdad, Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain announced today that up to 1,600 of the roughly 7,100 British troops in southern Iraq will begin withdrawing in coming months. About 460 Danish soldiers under British command in southern Iraq will also be withdrawn by August, Denmark said, and Lithuania said it was considering pulling out a small contingent of 53 soldiers in the south. The British withdrawal was more modest than government ministers had suggested in recent weeks and Mr. Blair offered no clear timetable for the troop drawdown, during which Iraqi forces will take over some of the responsibility for patrolling Basra in southern Iraq. |
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Fighting in Somalia |
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Written by JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
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Thursday, 21 December 2006 |
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The transitional government of Somalia, which for several months had been rapidly losing territory to Somalia’s growing Islamist movement, claimed victory on Thursday in the first major confrontation between the sides. “We have overrun their troops,” said Abdirizak Adam Hassan, chief of staff for the transitional president, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed. United Nations officials confirmed heavy Islamist casualties in the fighting, which began Wednesday and continued Thursday. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 03 February 2007 )
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Saudis Could Back Sunnis |
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Written by HELENE COOPER
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Wednesday, 13 December 2006 |
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Saudi Arabia has told the Bush administration that it might provide financial backing to Iraqi Sunnis in any war against Iraq’s Shiites if the United States pulls its troops out of Iraq, according to American and Arab diplomats. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia conveyed that message to Vice President Dick Cheney two weeks ago during Mr. Cheney’s whirlwind visit to Riyadh, the officials said. During the visit, King Abdullah also expressed strong opposition to diplomatic talks between the United States and Iran, and pushed for Washington to encourage the resumption of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, senior Bush administration officials said. |
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Iraq edging toward chaos |
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Wednesday, 01 November 2006 |
U.S. military commanders assessed two weeks ago that Iraq was edging toward chaos, according to a classified military chart published in the New York Times on Wednesday. The chart titled "Index of Civil Conflict" shows a color-coded bar with "peace" marked on the left and "chaos" on the right. An arrow puts the current situation inside the red area on the far right, much closer to chaos than peace. U.S. commanders have acknowledged violence in Iraq is at its highest level since U.S.-led forces invaded in 2003 and toppled Saddam Hussein, but they have repeatedly said a full-scale civil war can be averted. |
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