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Heavy Clashes in Ramadi as U.S. Troop Buildup Begins: "U.S. forces battled rebels in Ramadiand shelled Falluja on Monday, but there was no sign that anall-out American-led offensive to retake the insurgent-heldcities had begun on the eve of the U.S. presidential election. (Reuters)"

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Iraq armed group takes Polish woman hostage: TV: "Arabic television station Al-Jazeera broadcast a video in which an armed group in Iraq said it had kidnapped a Polish woman. (AFP)"

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Fresh American Troops Arrive in Iraq: "U.S. troops clashed with Sunni insurgents west of the capital Monday, and gunmen assassinated Baghdad's deputy governor as fresh American soldiers arrived in the capital â?? reinforcements that will push U.S. military strength in Iraq to its highest level since the summer of 2003. (AP)"

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Iraqi president opposes Fallujah assault, accuses Iran: "Iraqi President Ghazi al-Yawar accused Iran of orchestrating attacks in his country and declared his opposition to a threatened assault on the rebel hotbed of Fallujah. (AFP)"

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Suicide bomber strikes market in Tel Aviv: "A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded outdoor market in central Tel Aviv on Monday, killing at least three bystanders and wounding 32, medics and police said."

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Not Much Choice in Plans for Iraq (Los Angeles Times): "Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON â?? No single campaign issue has defined the presidential candidates' differences more clearly than the war in Iraq. Yet it seems that whoever wins Tuesday's election will steer a remarkably similar course in the troubled country."

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US Troops Fight Rebels in Iraq's Ramadi, Three Dead (Reuters): "Reuters - Three people were killed on Monday in some of the fiercest fighting in weeks between U.S. troops and insurgents in the rebel stronghold of Ramadi, witnesses and hospital officials said."

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Iraq rebuilding efforts slowed in IraqWar.info



Baghdad Deputy Governor assassinated in IraqWar.info



Iraqi freelance cameraman reported killed: "An Iraqi freelance television cameraman was killed Monday while filming clashes between U.S. troops and insurgents in a city west of Baghdad, police and hospital officials said."

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Reaching Out at Fallujah Outpost (washingtonpost.com): "washingtonpost.com - NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq, Oct. 31 -- The road, sticky with mud from an overnight downpour, passed through a narrow alley of blast walls and into a heavily guarded U.S. military compound. Inside, a battle-worn Marine staff sergeant pruned the miniature roses that ringed a small grassy courtyard, where a fountain burbled in the middle."

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US warplanes pound Fallujah as Iraqi PM issues ultimatum: "US war planes bombed insurgent targets in the rebel-held Iraqi city of Fallujah, a US military spokesman said, as the country braced for an all-out assault. (AFP)"

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