Iraq War Developments From Ur to Tikrit
Iraqi factions began discussions in Ur on future government as U S forces captured Saddam Hussein’s hometown Tikrit and set up checkpoints to stop regime figures from fleeing. The Pentagon said large scale combat is finished and some troops are returning home while pockets of resistance remain.
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Iraq factions meet in Ur for US led postwar forum
Representatives from Kurdish Sunni and Shiite groups gathered near Ur for a US sponsored meeting to shape an Iraqi interim government. Shiite protesters in Nasiriyah opposed US plans to install retired Gen. Jay Garner as head, while some Shiite leaders questioned the forum's aims and foreign involvement.
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