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Iraq Could Not Be Graver
The War On Terror Cannot Be Won If We Fail In
Iraq. Our enemies throughout the Middle East are trying to defeat us in Iraq. If we step back now, the problems in Iraq will
become more lethal, and make our troops fight an uglier battle than we are seeing today.
Bomb strikes market in Baghdad, killing 15
Attack targets crowded animal market; dozens of people wounded
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A bomb hidden in
a box of pigeons exploded Friday as shoppers gathered around, tearing through a busy pet and livestock market and littering
the blood-soaked pavement with human remains and animal carcasses. At least 62 people were killed or found dead nationwide, including a U.S. Marine.
Thirty insurgents killed in fierce Baghdad battles
POSTED: 1:57 p.m. EST, January 24, 2007
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraqi and
U.S. troops battling militants along Baghdad's volatile Haifa Street on Wednesday killed at least 30 insurgents and detained
35, according to an Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman.
The battle on Haifa Street went
on for eight hours, as U.S. and Iraqi forces fought to regain control of the mainly Sunni area, which Iraqi officials have
described in the past as full of "terrorist hideouts."
Mourners carry the coffins of Akram
al-Zubaidi, a member of the provincial council of Iraq's Shiite holy city of Karbala, and his three bodyguards, who were all
killed in a shooting attack on their convoy ysterday
Iraqi soldiers guard central Karbala, Iraq, in
a Monday Jan. 22, 2007 photo, after gunmen stormed provincial headquarters in Karbala. Contrary to public statements by the
U.S. military, four U.S. soldiers did not die repelling a sneak attack at the governor's office in the Shiite holy city of
Karbala last week. New information obtained by The Associated Press shows they were abducted and found dead or dying as far
as 25 miles away.
At least 38 killed as Iraqi PM pleads for unity
POSTED: 2:48 p.m. EST, January 25, 2007
Tree memorial to dead troops becoming forest
POSTED: 7:06 p.m. EST, January 26, 2007
Fort Stewart has planted a tree
here for every member of the 3rd Infantry Division to die in the war, as well as for soldiers from other Army posts killed
while serving with the division. John L.Hartman became the 318th soldier memorialized at Warriors Walk, a grove of eastern
redbuds started with 34 trees in April 2003.
Bush: 'I'm the decision-maker' on Iraq troop levels
POSTED: 10:22 p.m. EST, January 26, 2007
After meeting on Friday with his
new top commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, President Bush said "I'm the decision-maker" about sending more troops to
Iraq.
The president met with Army Lt. Gen. David Petraeus,
newly confirmed by the Senate to command U.S. troops in Iraq.
"My instruction to him was `Get
over to the zone as quickly as possible, and implement a plan that will achieve our goals,"' Bush said.
The New Way Forward in Iraq
The President's New Iraq Strategy Is Rooted In Six Fundamental Elements:
Let the Iraqis lead
Help Iraqis protect the population
Isolate extremists
Create space for political progress
Diversify political
and economic efforts
Situate the strategy in a regional
approach.
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