Pentagon reviewing interrogation tapes: report (Reuters)

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Reuters - The Department of Defense is conducting a review of the videotaping of interrogations at military facilities from Iraq to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and so far has identified nearly 50 tapes, The New York Times reported on Thursday.

 

Former Qaeda base eyed as Iraqi honeymoon hotspot (Reuters)

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Children play on broken swings at the amusement park in the tourist Village of Habaniya near Falluja March 12, 2008. Once a lovers' getaway, Habaniya Tourist Village in western Iraq became a refugee camp during some of the fiercest fighting since the fall of Baghdad. Now Amr al-Dulaimi hopes to turn it into a romantic haven again. (Mohanned Faisal/Reuters)Reuters - Once a lovers' getaway, Habaniya Tourist Village in western Iraq became a refugee camp during some of the fiercest fighting since the fall of Baghdad. Now Amr al-Dulaimi hopes to turn it into a romantic haven again.


 

US military deaths in Iraq at 3,987 (AP)

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AP - As of Wednesday, March 12, 2008, at least 3,987 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,238 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

 

US military deaths in Iraq at 3,987 (AP)

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AP - As of Wednesday, March 12, 2008, at least 3,987 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,238 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

 

Five years on, Rice admits mistakes in Iraqi reconstruction (AFP)

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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice testifies during a House Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill. Almost five years after the start of the Iraq war, Rice acknowledged Wednesday that US-led efforts to rebuild the country should have begun much earlier.(AFP/GETTY IMAGES/Mark Wilson)AFP - Almost five years after the start of the Iraq war, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice acknowledged Wednesday that US-led efforts to rebuild the country should have begun much earlier.


 

Five years on, Rice admits mistakes in Iraqi reconstruction (AFP)

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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice testifies during a House Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill. Almost five years after the start of the Iraq war, Rice acknowledged Wednesday that US-led efforts to rebuild the country should have begun much earlier.(AFP/GETTY IMAGES/Mark Wilson)AFP - Almost five years after the start of the Iraq war, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice acknowledged Wednesday that US-led efforts to rebuild the country should have begun much earlier.


 

Commander’s departure spotlights US divisions (AFP)

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The commander of US forces in the Middle East, Admiral William Fallon, seen here in 2007, is stepping down amid reports he differed with President George W. Bush over Iran.(AFP/File)AFP - A top US commander's abrupt departure has laid bare sharp internal divisions over both Iraq and Iran as President George W. Bush enters his final months in office.


 

Commander’s departure spotlights US divisions (AFP)

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The commander of US forces in the Middle East, Admiral William Fallon, seen here in 2007, is stepping down amid reports he differed with President George W. Bush over Iran.(AFP/File)AFP - A top US commander's abrupt departure has laid bare sharp internal divisions over both Iraq and Iran as President George W. Bush enters his final months in office.


 

White House threatens surveillance veto (AP)

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President Bush stands with Attorney General Michael Mukasey as he speaks to the National Association of Attorneys General, where he discussed warrant less wiretapping and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), Monday, March 3, 2008, at the Eisenhower Executive Office building in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - In a fresh veto threat, the Bush administration said Wednesday that surveillance legislation proposed by House Democrats has the potential to do "catastrophic damage" to national security.


 

White House threatens surveillance veto (AP)

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President Bush stands with Attorney General Michael Mukasey as he speaks to the National Association of Attorneys General, where he discussed warrant less wiretapping and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), Monday, March 3, 2008, at the Eisenhower Executive Office building in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - In a fresh veto threat, the Bush administration said Wednesday that surveillance legislation proposed by House Democrats has the potential to do "catastrophic damage" to national security.


 

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