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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Wayners who wrote (31725)	6/21/2004 6:49:09 AM
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US air strike on Fallujah poses new threat to Iraqi handover Posted on Sunday, June 20 @ 10:03:08 EDT (1253 reads) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles, The Independent The handover of power in Iraq - now a mere 10 days away - appeared to be in a state of renewed crisis yesterday after a US air strike on homes in Fallujah brought to an end a week in which large-scale violence once again boiled to the surface. Around 20 civilians, including eight women and children, are said to have died in the attack, which follows Thursday's devastating car bomb outside a Baghdad army recruitment centre. The two incidents come after a string of smaller car bombings, the assassination of two government officials and the security chief of the main oil company in Kirkuk in the north, an escalating series of clashes between US forces and Iraqi militants around Baquba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, and a concerted series of attacks on the country's oil supply system which have temporarily cut off all exports from the southern fields around the port of Basra. These events have made for the bloodiest period in Iraq for several weeks and underline what US and Iraqi officials have known all along - that the 30 June handover is fraught with risks as well as political opportunities. The stakes have been raised because more than one country's future depends on the outcome. Iraq is the biggest vulnerability facing George Bush in his battle for re-election in November. smirkingchimp.com