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Revealed: Secret plan to keep Iraq under US control

Alleged 9/11 mastermind asks for death sentence

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Baghdad, Iraq — Over 30 insurgents and civilians were killed in close urban combat when a group of fighters ambushed a group of armored U.S. Stryker vehicles and tanks moving into Sadr city–the main Shiite militia stronghold in Baghdad.

Clashes have intensified in Sadr City since the the anti-American cleric, and Mahdi Army leader, Muqtada al-Sadr reiterated his threat of an all-out war against Read the full story

 
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Washington, D.C. — Speaking at a Pentagon news conference, Adm. Michael Mullen, who - as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - is the nation’s top military officer, sharply criticized the Iranian government for what he called its “increasingly lethal and malign influence” in Iraq and said that the Pentagon is planning for “potential military courses of action” against Read the full story

 
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Washington, D.C.–Defense Secretary Robert Gates has announced that President Bush will nominate Army General David Petraeus to lead the U.S. military’s overall effort in the Middle East. The position Petraeus will be vacating, commander of U.S. troops in Iraq, will be filled by Army Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, who recently returned from a 15-month tour in Iraq as Petraeus’s top deputy.

Gates said that he hopes the internal transition of power within the Army Read the full story

This is a YWTimes take: a commentary on the day’s top headline. On Thursday, Lt. General James Mattis, commander of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, decided Read the full story