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Soccer overseers allow Iraq to resume World Cup bid
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But many Iraqis as well as U.S. officials and private security analysts are uncertain whether the current lull signals a long-term trend or is simply a breathing spell like so many others before. (article 4)
Talks on returning Sunnis to the government broke down this week, and tensions among rival Shiite parties remain high despite a May 11 truce that ended weeks of bloody fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City district. (article 4)
WASHINGTON - Violence against civilians and U.S. and Iraqi military forces dropped to some of the lowest levels of the war during May even as Iraqi troops are leading offensives in three major cities. (article 3)
That drop, combined with the Iraqi forces' growing capabilities, has some military experts wondering whether the Pentagon could accelerate the drawdown of its troops. (article 3)
Thousands of Iraqis filled the streets of Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood this afternoon to demonstrate against a long-term United States presence in Iraq, the first significant anti-American rally in the massive Shiite slum in more than two years. (article 2)
As American helicopters hovered overhead, young and old men and even children flowed out of their weekly Friday prayers and began burning American flags and chanting "no, no to America" and " yes, yes to independence. (article 2)
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Source articles
- New York Post (NY Post, 06/01/2008, 302 words)
- ABC News: 'No to America!': Anti-U.S. Protests in Iraq (ABCNews, 05/30/2008, 364 words)
- Less-violent Iraq raises hopes for early withdrawal (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 05/31/2008, 736 words)
- Seattle Times Newspaper (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/01/2008, 1081 words)
- France vows to help Iraq build medical centers (CNN, 06/01/2008, 364 words)
- Times Online (timesonline.co.uk, 06/02/2008, 355 words)
- Soccer overseers allow Iraq to resume World Cup bid (Washington Post, 06/02/2008, 434 words)
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