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Iraqi hospital officials say clashes break out in Sadr City; 11 killed, 19 wounded

In Defeat, reporter Jonathan Steele contends that the Bush administration, by failing to balance military strategy with cultural sensitivities, was fighting an unwinnable battle from the day it invaded iraq.

President Bush said Tuesday he was disappointed in 'flawed intelligence' before the iraq war and was concerned that if a Democrat wins the presidency in November and withdrew troops prematurely it could 'eventually lead to another attack on the United States.'...

Almost 500 men and women who worked as interpreters for U.S. troops in iraq and Afghanistan have been moved to the U.S. in the past year. But one woman is returning to iraq after having trouble adjusting to life in America.

Clashes between Shi'a extremists and US-backed Iraqi forces continues despite a fragile ceasefire.

Dr. Said Hakki, who heads the Iraqi Red Crescent Organization, discusses efforts to assist 600,000 displaced residents of Baghdad. The organization's Neighborhood Reconstruction Program helps with basic services, including health care, schools and job opportunities.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. (Reuters) - The U.S. military should focus more on winning in iraq and preparing to fight other insurgencies and less on possible big wars with other countries, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday.

AP - A fragile cease-fire failed to stop fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City where the latest clashes between Shiite extremists and U.S.-backed Iraqi forces killed 11 men and wounded 19, Iraqi hospital officials said Tuesday.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An agreement aimed at ending fighting in the Baghdad bastion of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr was on the verge of collapse on Tuesday after gunmen launched a spate of attacks on U.S. troops.

Iraqi officials say 11 militiamen have been killed and at least 19 wounded in clashes overnight with the US military