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Annual Iraq occupation cost may hit $29B: "The U.S. military occupation of Iraq could cost from $8 billion to $29 billion annually, but the least expensive option would dramatically reduce the force, according to scenarios analyzed by the Congressional Budget Office."
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Bush 'offers UN greater Iraq role': "The US president is proposing to expand the UN mandate in Iraq in exchange for more foreign troops, White House officials say."
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Erdogan seeks to reassure Turks on troops: "Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan tried to reassure wary Turks on the possible deployment of Turkish peacekeepers to Iraq as the commander of U.S. forces in Europe arrived here Tuesday to discuss the possibility."
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Pentagon May Have to Reduce U.S. Forces in Iraq -CBO: "The Bush administration may have tocut U.S. troops in Iraq by more than half to keep enough forcesto face other threats, a congressional agency said on Tuesdayin a report that fueled calls for more international help forpeacekeeping in Iraq. (Reuters)"
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Iraq occupation could cost up to $29B: "The U.S. military occupation of Iraq could cost from $8 billion to $29 billion annually, but the least expensive option would dramatically reduce the force, according to scenarios analyzed by the Congressional Budget Office."
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Jordanian king arrives in Tehran: "Jordan's King Abdullah II met with Iran's president Tuesday on the first visit by a Jordanian monarch to Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution, with the situation in Iraq topping the agenda."
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US to seek new UN resolution on Iraq: senior official: "US President George W. Bush has signed off on a proposal for a new UN Security Council resolution that would expand the United Nations mandate in Iraq, making it easier for more countries to join the stabilization force, a senior US official said. (AFP)"
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U.S. Blamed For Mosque Attack: "Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis mourned the moderate Shiite cleric assassinated in a car bombing last week. The cleric's brother blamed U.S. troops for the lax security that led to the attack and demanded they leave the country."
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Saddam Hunt Is High Tech: "CBS' Dan Rather reports from Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's hometown, where the most technologically advanced arm of the U.S. military has employed a digital mapping system to pinpoint Saddam's location."
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Israeli says Arafat could be expelled: "Israel could seek to expel Yasser Arafat by the end of the year, the defense minister said Tuesday, calling the Palestinian leader the biggest obstacle to peace."
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Israeli groups want ban on rubber bullets: "The Israeli army must remove rubber bullets from its arsenal, a human rights group said Tuesday, after a commission of inquiry ruled they are too deadly for crowd control."
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Critics: Israeli strikes doing more harm: "Every two or three days, Israeli helicopters track down suspected Islamic militants and unleash Hellfire missiles, blowing up cars and sending crowds surging around the charred bodies."
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Four weeks, Four bombs, 121 Dead: "[CNN]
The fourth car bombing in Iraq in a month killed a police station employee Tuesday, wounded at least 18 other people, and sent a column of thick black smoke rising over the Rasafa police station in western Baghdad.
The attack occurred as Shiite Muslims gathered in Najaf, to mourn the death of Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, a longtime Iraqi dissident, who was among the 83 people killed in Friday's bombing of the Imam Ali Mosque.
At least 121 people have died in the four assaults, each of which has targeted people cooperating with the U.S.-backed Coalition Provisional Authority: In addition to the bombings at the Baghdad police station and the Najaf mosque, 17 people were killed in the August 7 bombing at the Jordanian embassy. The August 19 attack on the United Nations' Canal Hotel headquarters killed 20 people, including Sergio Vieira de Mello, the U.N.'s top envoy to Iraq.
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Alleged killer said to have poison files: "A suspected terrorist charged with killing a U.S. diplomat had computer files on making explosives and poison, a Jordanian military court heard Tuesday."
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