U S and Iraqi Leaders Open Direct Negotiations
U S military and civilian officials met with Iraqi leaders in Fallujah as talks aimed at deescalation continued. Civilians died in violence elsewhere in Iraq while Shiite leader Grand Ayatollah Sistani warned against entering Najaf and Karbala, describing them as a red line.
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Eee Iraq
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Soussane Geraeel Air Aly
Iraq
Najaf
Karbala
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Kufa
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Richard Jones
Ali al-Husseini
Al Jazeera airs video of captive U S soldier Maupin in Iraq
The Arab channel showed 20 year old Keith Maupin, a U S Army Reservist missing since April 9 near Baghdad, identifying himself on camera with five masked gunmen present. He says he is married with a 10 month old child and was not taken willingly. Other captives and freed hostages are noted as Iraq violence and abductions continue.
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al- Jazeera
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al Jazeera
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al-Maliki
Jordan
Keith Matthew
Al-Jazeera
Arab Tele
Woodward claims Bush had secret Iraq war plan
Washington AP reports in Woodward's Plan of Attack that President Bush secretly ordered a war plan for Iraq within two months after Afghanistan actions and discussed Iraq prep with Rumsfeld during the Afghan campaign. Bush said he did not want plans to appear as eagerness to invade.
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Iraq
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Bob Woodward
Afghanistan
Scott McClellan
Defense
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