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BAGHDAD, April 20 -- Heavy fighting broke out in Baghdad on Sunday following a particularly deadly night in the eastern part of the city. The clashes came a day after Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr threatened to wage an open war against U.S.-backed Iraqi security forces.

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Seeking to improve ties between Baghdad and its neighbors, the United States and iraq will push hard on Tuesday for Arab states to open embassies and offer debt relief while backing iraq's new drive to disarm militias.

AP - The economy has soared past iraq as the top problem on the minds of voters.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates chided the U.S. armed forces today for not providing enough intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance help to troops fighting in iraq and Afghanistan, saying it has been 'like pulling teeth' to get the services to change old habits.

KUWAIT CITY, April 21 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said iraq's Arab neighbors had taken a 'good step forward' by including it in a regional meeting of Persian Gulf states she attended Monday in Bahrain.

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An investigative report reveals the how TV military analysts have a vested economic interest in selling the Bush admin's happy talk about iraq.

MANAMA - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is expected to pressure foreign ministers of nine Ar...

New York Times reports favorable coverage of war in iraq and other issues provided by military analysts

In iraq, Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has threatened an 'all out war' against U.S. and Iraqi forces as tensions between Sadr and Iraqi Prime minister Nouri al Maliki increase. Iraqi citizens and U.S. combat forces in East Baghdad are preparing for what may become another uprising from Sadr's Shiite militia, the Mahdi Army.