November 12, 2003




Road pizza
NASSIRIYA, Iraq - A bomb blast in southern Iraq has killed at least 22 people - 14 Italians and eight Iraqis. The suspected suicide attack, which also wounded at least 12 people, targeted the headquarters of the Italian military police.


'Big deal - they're just wops an' rag-heads.'
{/sarcasm}
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TIKRIT, Iraq - A US soldier was killed Tuesday evening when his vehicle drove over a bomb planted on a road north of Baghdad.


'Terra...freedom...now watch this drive!'

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Shiite: forecast for Iraq does not look too Sunni
A new, top-secret CIA report from Iraq warns that growing numbers of Iraqis are concluding that the US-led coalition can be defeated and are supporting the resistance. At the same time, the CIA assessment warns that none of the postwar Iraqi political institutions and leaders have shown an ability to govern the country or even preside over drafting a constitution or holding an election.



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Bremer in dog house Washington as White House mulls Iraq
Top U.S. officials, frustrated by growing instability in Iraq and the Iraqi Governing Council's performance, held a hastily convened White House meeting to discuss ways to accelerate the shift from American to Iraqi control.

"The White House wants to go faster because of the increasing violence," said administration officials. "And because we've got an election coming up here, dammit!"

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