Iraqi offensive targets Triangle of Death region
U S led forces wage new push through the Triangle of Death south of Baghdad targeting Mahmoudiya Latifiyah Iskandariyah and Yusifiyah as insurgents regroup after Fallujah. Marines restore basic services while hunting rebels amid elections two months away.
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Iraqi elections loom as sectarian tensions rise warns of boycotts
The report notes January 30 national elections amid growing sectarian tension between Shiite south and Sunni north and west. Attacks escalate with 12 Iraqi national guard members found dead near Latifiyah, five decapitated, plus a Sunni cleric slain in Muqdadiyah and a U S convoy hit by a roadside bomb in Samarra. Mortar fire near a U S base injures two children.
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Rather to sign off from CBS Evening News
In an interview on Tuesday Dan Rather said he will not retire and will focus on 60 Minutes. The late 1990s shakeup followed the Bush military records controversy, with an independent panel to review the Sept. 8 broadcast.
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