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There is no end in sight for the U.S. military occupation of iraq and a quick exit would risk 'massive chaos and even genocide,' a U.S. think tank said in a report released on Sunday.

The network landed an interview with Gen. David H. Petraeus, the United States commander in iraq, through a pitch by David Westin, the president of ABC News.

AP - As of Sunday, April 6, 2008, at least 4,017 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 eight military civilians. At least 3,273 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

President George W. Bush plans to address the nation on Thursday morning about the iraq war, CNN reported on Sunday.

There is no end in sight for the U.S. military occupation of iraq and a quick exit would risk 'massive chaos and even genocide,' a U.S. think tank said in a report released on Sunday.

AP - Suspected Shiite militants lobbed rockets and mortar shells into the U.S.-protected Green Zone and a military base elsewhere in Baghdad on Sunday, killing three american troops and wounding 31, officials said.

Suspected Shiite militants lobbed rockets and mortar shells into the U.S.-protected Green Zone and a military base elsewhere in Baghdad on Sunday, killing three american troops and wounding 31, officials said. The attacks occurred as U.S. and Iraqi forces...

Army leaders are expressing increased alarm about the mental health of soldiers who would be sent on multiple deployments to iraq under current plans.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush plans to address the nation on Thursday morning about the iraq war, CNN reported on Sunday.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi troops backed by U.S. forces battled gunmen in Baghdad's Sadr City on Sunday, a return to heavy fighting in the capital after Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr pulled his militiamen off the streets a week ago.