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      <title><![CDATA[AP Blog: Candy protocol in Iraqi towns 
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      <pubDate>2006-08-22 07:52:52</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - AP Correspondent Robert H. Reid covers  Iraq  events from Baghdad. AP Correspondent Rebecca Santana is embedded with the First Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division. Antonio Castaneda is embedded with the U.S. Marines, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Regiment.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Over 500 Iraqis join police in Anbar 
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      <pubDate>2006-08-22 06:23:03</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - More than 500 Iraqi men have joined the police in restive Anbar province &#151; a focal point of the Sunni Arab insurgency &#151; in the most successful recruiting drive by U.S. and Iraqi forces in the country, the U.S. military said Tuesday.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[AP Blog: Doing laundry is risky in Iraq 
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      <pubDate>2006-08-11 14:18:57</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - AP Correspondent Robert H. Reid covers  Iraq  events from Baghdad. AP Correspondent Rebecca Santana is embedded with the New Jersey National Guard at Camp Anaconda,  Iraq . Antonio Castaneda is embedded with the U.S. Marines, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Regiment.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Shiite mob torches Kurdish party office 
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      <pubDate>2006-08-11 06:32:14</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - The bodies of two American service members missing since a helicopter crash were found west of Baghdad, officials said Friday, while gunmen loyal to a radical Shiite cleric torched an office of the Iraqi president's Kurdish party Friday.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[El Salvador to send 380 soldiers to Iraq 
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      <pubDate>2006-08-10 23:43:47</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - El Salvador will send 380 troops to  Iraq  later this week to replace a unit weakened by the deaths of two soldiers and the wounding of four others, defense officials said Thursday.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[AP Blog: Christmas brownies land in Iraq 
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      <pubDate>2006-08-10 10:36:37</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - AP Correspondent Robert H. Reid covers  Iraq  events from Baghdad. AP Correspondent Rebecca Santana is embedded with the New Jersey National Guard at Camp Anaconda,  Iraq . Antonio Castaneda is embedded with the U.S. Marines, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Regiment.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[British troops under-equipped, overstretched in Iraq 
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      <pubDate>2006-08-10 01:16:13</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AFP - Essential military kit must be sent to  Iraq  urgently to protect British troops who are under-equipped and overstretched despite escalating violence there, a parliamentary committee reported.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[British troops under-equipped, overstretched in Iraq: report 
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      <pubDate>2006-08-09 19:28:37</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AFP - Essential military kit must be sent to  Iraq  urgently to protect British troops who are under-equipped and overstretched despite escalating violence there, a parliamentary committee reported.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Marines: Carroll was held near Iraq base 
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      <pubDate>2006-08-09 16:12:15</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - U.S. Marines who arrested four Iraqi men now accused in the kidnapping of American journalist Jill Carroll say she was held for a time in a home within sight of a sprawling U.S. military base in western  Iraq .  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guard soldiers prepare the dead in Iraq 
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      <pubDate>2006-08-09 14:41:32</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[AP - In a small, quiet corner of this huge base, a soft-spoken group of National Guard soldiers sees to one of war's most gruesome tasks: preparing the bodies of American troops who have died in combat to return home.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. copter crashes in Iraq, 2 missing 
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      <pubDate>2006-08-09 03:35:58</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - A U.S. Army helicopter crashed in Iraq's western Anbar province, leaving two crew members missing and four injured, the U.S. military command said Wednesday.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bombings, shootings kill 33 across Iraq 
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      <pubDate>2006-08-08 21:02:16</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - A series of bombings and shootings killed at least 33 people Tuesday, most in the Baghdad area, as more American soldiers patrolled the streets of the capital in a make-or-break bid to quell sectarian violence.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[AP Blog: Suitcases selling well in Iraq 
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      <pubDate>2006-08-08 09:10:29</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - AP Correspondent Robert H. Reid covers  Iraq  events from Baghdad for The Associated Press. AP Correspondent Rebecca Santana is embedded with the New Jersey National Guard at Camp Anaconda,  Iraq .  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Soldier testifies of stress in Iraq unit 
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      <pubDate>2006-08-08 07:54:56</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - Frequent deadly attacks by insurgents sapped morale and raised combat stress in a U.S. Army unit that included soldiers accused of raping and murdering a 14-year-old Iraqi girl, a private testified at a military hearing Tuesday.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[2 Iraq journalists reported slain in Iraq 
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      <pubDate>2006-08-08 05:23:09</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - Two Iraqi journalists have been killed in separate incidents in Baghdad, police said Tuesday.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bombings, robbery in Baghdad kill 23 
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      <pubDate>2006-08-08 04:22:46</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - A series of bomb blasts Tuesday in Baghdad killed at least 20 people and injured 58, while armed robbers shot dead three people during a raid on a bank, police said.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq PM criticizes U.S.-led attack 
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      <pubDate>2006-08-07 21:49:46</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - Iraq's prime minister sharply criticized a U.S.-Iraqi attack Monday on a Shiite militia stronghold in Baghdad, breaking with his American partners on security tactics as the United States launches a major operation to secure the capital.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. troops endure 125 degrees in Iraq 
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      <pubDate>2006-08-07 09:13:04</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - After a long day searching homes in suffocating Iraqi heat, Lance Cpl. Mike Young saw a most surprising source of relief &#151; a sprawling  Wal-Mart  had appeared in the distance.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[British forces in Afghanistan need back-up: former colonel 
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      <pubDate>2006-08-07 08:44:27</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AFP - A former British colonel hailed for his impassioned speech to soldiers before the  Iraq  war has said that British forces in  Afghanistan  needed far more support if they are to succeed.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[3 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq bombing 
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      <pubDate>2006-08-06 21:20:29</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - Fighting erupted early Monday in a Shiite militia stronghold of Baghdad, and a suicide bomber blew himself up among mourners at a funeral in Saddam Hussein's hometown, killing 10 people and injuring 22.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[A look at U.S. military deaths in Iraq 
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      <pubDate>2006-08-06 19:04:21</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - As of Sunday, Aug. 6, 2006, at least 2,590 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 seven military civilians. At least 2,050 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Analysis: Lebanon war hurting U.S. goals 
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      <pubDate>2006-08-05 21:36:05</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - Anger toward America is high, extremists are on the upswing and hopes for democracy in the  Middle East  lie dashed. The Lebanon war is creating dangerous ripples in the war on terror, the future of  Iraq  &#151; even the effort to keep nuclear weapons from dangerous hands.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[A look at U.S. military deaths in Iraq 
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      <pubDate>2006-08-05 20:05:29</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - As of Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006, at least 2,587 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 seven military civilians. At least 2,050 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hearing set in rape-slaying of Iraq girl 
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      <pubDate>2006-08-05 14:46:54</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - The stress of military duty in  Iraq  is expected to be at the core of defense arguments when a hearing opens Sunday to determine whether five American soldiers should be tried in the rape-slaying of a 14-year-old girl.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Analysis: War sends ripples over Mideast 
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      <pubDate>2006-08-05 12:30:17</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[AP - Anger toward America is high, extremists are on the upswing and hopes for democracy in the  Middle East  lie dashed. The Lebanon war is creating dangerous ripples in the war on terror, the future of  Iraq  &#151; even the effort to keep nuclear weapons from dangerous hands.]]></description>
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