Iraq's military says its forces have detained more than 1,000 suspects in an ongoing offensive aimed at defeating al-Qaida militants in the northern city of Mosul... Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki returned to the nation's capital, Baghdad, today Saturday after spending several days in Mosul overseeing the operation...
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US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday promised Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki renewed US support as his troops pressed a major crackdown on Al-Qaeda jihadists, officials said... The US congressional leader, who flew in to Baghdad Saturday on a unannounced visit, also discussed with Maliki the October provincial elections, state Iraqi television said... Maliki's office said Pelosi promised "renewed US support" for his government and declared that Washington "would stand by efforts to achieve security and stability and ensure national reconciliation in Iraq."...
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Wait a dang minute...
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Wait a dang minute...
I thought Pelosi said the war was lost and it was time to cut and run on those sorry Iraqis...?
AubreyJ.........
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