Iraq War toll and costs reach new highs in October
By October 2006 the Iraq conflict marked the fourth deadliest month for U S troops with total fatalities exceeding 2,800 and civilian deaths estimated above 50,000. A controversial study put deaths as high as 655,000 while the war cost nearly 340 billion dollars. Data show prewar oil output and nationwide utilities degraded, with millions lacking potable water and sewage access and about 0.5 million Iraqis living abroad.
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Mass kidnapping in Baghdad targets Education Ministry
Suspected Shiite militiamen dressed as Interior Ministry commandos stormed the Higher Education Ministry building in Baghdad and abducted about 50 people. Police arrested six senior officers in connection with the operation as violence rages across Iraq.
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Blumenauer urges Bush to name Leach UN ambassador
Oregon Democrat Rep. Earl Blumenauer urges President Bush to nominate Rep. Jim Leach as the United Nations ambassador. Blumenauer praises Leach on the House floor for bipartisanship on international issues and notes Leach’s background as a foreign service officer and former UN staffer. The letter to Bush, circulated with Rep. James Walsh, seeks to replace John Bolton amid Senate concerns.
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Reid and Durbin Selected as Senate Democratic Leaders
Senate Democrats pick Harry Reid and Dick Durbin to remain in top leadership as they guide the party through a historic shift to a Democratic majority in the Senate while tensions rise over House leadership goals. Trent Lott launches a challenge to become minority whip amid party realignment and post election reforms.
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Harkin Named To Lead Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid plans to appoint Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa as chairman of the Senate Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry Committee. Harkin previously chaired the panel in 2001 2003 and has served as ranking Democrat since 1997.
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Marine sergeant to face court martial in Iraq killing
Marine sergeant Lawrence Hutchins will face a court-martial on murder kidnapping and other charges in the killing of Hashim Ibrahim Awad in Hamdania west of Baghdad. Gen James Mattis said no death penalty. Hutchins led a squad of seven Marines and a Navy corpsman. four co defendants have plea agreements and three go to trial.
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