Rumsfeld Visits Iraq. Urges Cautious Optimism On Security
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld meets commanders in Baghdad and tours 82nd Airborne posts amid a push by the Pentagon for faster security gains. He visits Kirkuk with L. Paul Bremer and notes declines in attacks, but cautions it is too early to declare a trend.
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Rumsfeld reviews Iraqi security gains and Iraqi defense force push
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld met with senior U.S. commanders and heard that tougher anti insurgent tactics are paying off. He praised the push to field an Iraqi Civil Defense Corps and an Iraqi counterterror unit, while noting insurgent attacks persist and November remains the war’s deadliest month.
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Officer killed as funeral for slain Iraqis turns violent
In Samarra Iraq a funeral for two men killed in a firefight with U S troops turned deadly as mourners attacked civil defense officers firing on the crowd. A police rookie was killed in a separate attack elsewhere.
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