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UK, US to withdraw Iraq forces by early '07: papers —Text+LONDON (Reuters) - The United States and Britain are planning to pull all their troops out of Iraq by the spring of 2007, two British newspapers reported in their Sunday editions, quoting unnamed senior defense ministry sources.
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Sean Rayment / Telegraph:
All British soldiers to be out of Iraq in 12 months — All British and United States troops serving in Iraq will be withdrawn within a year in an effort to bring peace and stability to the country. — The news came as defence chiefs admitted privately that the British troop commitment in Afghanistan may last for up to 10 years.
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
White House Trains Efforts on Media Leaks — The Bush administration, seeking to limit leaks of classified information, has launched initiatives targeting journalists and their possible government sources. The efforts include several FBI probes, a polygraph investigation inside the CIA …
Philip Sherwell / Telegraph:
How we duped the West, by Iran's nuclear negotiator — The man who for two years led Iran's nuclear negotiations has laid out in unprecedented detail how the regime took advantage of talks with Britain, France and Germany to forge ahead with its secret atomic programme.
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New York Times:
As Crisis Brews, Iran Hits Bumps in Atomic Path — When Iran defiantly cut the locks and seals on its nuclear enrichment plants in January and restarted its effort to manufacture atomic fuel, it forced the world to confront a momentous question: How long will it be before Tehran has the ability …
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Firouz Sedarat / Reuters:
Al Qaeda's Zawahri calls for strikes against West — DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri called on Muslims to attack the West in an audio tape posted on the Internet on Saturday, urging similar strikes as those against New York, London and Madrid in recent years.
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Matthew B. Stannard / San Francisco Chronicle:
Criminal investigation into Tillman's death — The Department of Defense inspector general has asked the Army to open a criminal investigation into the death of Army Cpl. Pat Tillman, the football star turned soldier who was killed in Afghanistan by his fellow Rangers nearly two years ago.
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Andrea Elliott / New York Times:
A Muslim Leader in Brooklyn, Reconciling 2 Worlds — The imam begins his trek before dawn, his long robe billowing like a ghost through empty streets. In this dark, quiet hour, his thoughts sometimes drift back to the Egyptian farming village where he was born.
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Bill Frist Threatens Mini-Nuclear Option To Block NSA Hearings — Do independent and centrist voters need any more proof now that one party government has proven to be a failure because it breeds almost daily abuses of power and attempts to prevent oversight of those in power?
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Sarah El Deeb / Associated Press:
Thousands of Israeli Arabs Protest Attack — NAZARETH, Israel - Thousands of Israeli Arab protesters marched through the streets of this biblical town Saturday demanding better protection for holy sites after a troubled family set off firecrackers inside a major Christian shrine.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
No Iraq Trip for Legislator Who Opposed Deal on Ports — WASHINGTON, March 3 — Representative Peter T. King's prominent opposition to a proposal to allow a Dubai company to take over some terminal operations at American ports may have earned him some punishment from the Bush administration: He has been grounded.
Associated Press:
AP: Thousands of Federal Cases Kept Secret — WASHINGTON - Despite the Sixth Amendment's guarantee of public trials, nearly all records are being kept secret for more than 5,000 defendants who completed their journey through the federal courts over the last three years.
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / MSNBC:
Hillary Clinton 'unaware' of Bill's Dubai ties — Hillary Clinton, a leading opponent of DP World's takeover of some US port operations, was this week forced to admit that she did not know her husband had advised Dubai leaders on how to handle the growing dispute.
Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
The Apostasy of Michael Brown — I didn't expect my post about Michael Brown to cause as much controversy as it did. But it got a conversation going that I think is actually quite interesting so I'd like to carry it a bit further. — Josh Marshall is right — the release …
Robin Toner / New York Times:
To Democrats Hungry for Senate, a Pennsylvania Seat Looks Ripe — BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, the third-ranking Republican in the Senate leadership, sums up his race for re-election this year with a paradoxical pride: "The other side of the aisle wants to beat …
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Paul Bedard / US News:
Washington Whispers — The February political footnotes included this little item: Sen. John Kerry in less than 24 hours last week raised $250,000 in an E-mail to his fans for three Democratic Iraq war vets running for Congress. But Kerry's effort wasn't a fire-and-forget for his comrades.
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The Democratic Daily Blog
Jeff / Beautiful Atrocities:
BARBRA STREISAND STILL HASN'T FOUND THE SPELL-CHEQ — Today's grammar-addled foreign policy wrapup, in which the Diva comes out in favor of profiling to oppose the UAE ports deal... Bonus points: "political curruption," "subpoening," "impeachment preceedings," "warrented," "dictatoriship …
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