Harkin push for Dec 31 Iraq withdrawal deadline
Senator Tom Harkin urged U S forces be withdrawn from Iraq by December 31 2006 in a concurrent resolution stressing a year end transition to Iraqi sovereignty and handing off security to Iraqi forces. He noted the USS Abraham Lincoln speech anniversary and warned against indefinite U S troop presence.
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Fallujah attack kills police in daytime bombing
In Fallujah a vehicle bombing outside the police station wounded or killed police recruits and officers. A bystander blast in Ramadi also wounded ten, while three Iraqi army soldiers were found dead nearby. Governor Anbar narrowly escaped an assassination plot as U.S. and Iraqi officials urge Sunni Arabs to join police and army.
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Britain and France push binding Iran nuclear resolution
Britain and France introduced a U.N. Security Council resolution aiming to compel Iran to suspend enrichment related and processing activities. The measure, backed by the United States and opposed by China and Russia, would pave sanctions if Tehran does not comply and requests an IAEA report on Iran’s compliance.
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