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Iraq: Forces
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Strangely enough, CableNewser points out early this afternoon that, according to Newsweek's Melinda Liu, "[the danger] has forced reporters to change their way of working," when referring to the latest rounds of fighting in Iraq. Then, less than 3 hours later, CableNewser reports on a Chicago Tribune story in which John Cook writes that "The number of journalists embedded with U.S. military units in Iraq has more than doubled over the past two weeks."
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Occupation forces have repeatedly targeted heavily-populated civilian centers in Iraq, including Fallujah, Ramadi, Tal Afar, Samarra, and Najaf, resulting in many civilian casualties and massive destruction of the urban physical infrastructure. During these operations, the US Coalition forces have ... used siege tactics, such as cut off vital necessities, including water and medical supplies.
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One of five soldiers killed when their patrol was attacked by enemy forces using automatic fire and explosives in Taqa, Iraq, on May 12, 2007. Two other soldiers in the patrol are listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown.
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With unfortunate timing, British forces completed their withdrawal from their last position in Basra city, in the south of Iraq. The pull-out leaves UK troops based at one site, Basra airport, in what Gordon Brown, UK prime minister, called an "overwatch" rather than a "combat" role.
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