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The Seattle Times: Tensions rise in Kurdish area of Iraq
Summary with new information since yesterday, from articles in English
The American assessment, completed in late May, found that American and Iraqi forces were able to "to protect the population" and "maintain physical influence over" only 146 of the 457 Baghdad neighborhoods . (article 8)
In the remaining 311 neighborhoods, troops have either not begun operations aimed at rooting out insurgents or still face " resistance according to the one-page assessment, which summarized reports from brigade and battalion commanders in Baghdad . (article 8)
The assessment offers the first comprehensive look at the progress of the effort to stabilize Baghdad with the heavy influx of additional troops . (article 8)
The heavily Shiite security forces have also repeatedly failed to intervene in some areas when fighters, who fled or laid low when the American troops arrived, resumed sectarian killings . (article 8)
Odierno said in a brief interview that he never believed that a midsummer timetable for establishing security in Baghdad was realistic . (article 8)
" Ultimately the I.S.F., and specifically the police, are the key to holding an area he said . (article 8)
The last of the five combat brigades ordered to Iraq as reinforcements as part of the security plan will increase the number of American troops in the city to around 30,000, up from 21,000 before the operation, an American officer said . (article 8)
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Source articles
- 14 U.S. Soldiers Die in Iraq in 3 Days (baltimoresun.com, 06/03/2007, 1124 words)
- 14 U.S. troops die as battle deepens (L.A. Times, 06/03/2007, 961 words)
- Fourteen US troops killed in Iraq (BBC News, 06/03/2007, 239 words)
- Mortar barrages kill at least 8 in Baghdad (dallasnews.com, 06/02/2007, 873 words)
- The Seattle Times: Tensions rise in Kurdish area of Iraq (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/03/2007, 630 words)
- Bridge Bombing Increases Tensions in Northern Iraq (nytimes.com, 06/03/2007, 837 words)
- Militants bomb key bridge in north Iraq (L.A. Times, 06/03/2007, 949 words)
- Commanders Say Push in Baghdad Is Short of Goal (nytimes.com, 06/04/2007, 1913 words)
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