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Democratic presidential candidate, Barack Obama, announced in Pennsylvania yesterday that if he is elected, he will withdraw US forces within 16 months, leaving only few soldiers to guard the US embassy, like the case of US embassies in other countries. Thus, he is sharply contrasting himself from the  pro-war republican candidate, McCain, who said he would fight in Iraq for 100 years  (INA, 4/1/08).
   
2 Palestinians Killed in Gaza, 2 Kidnapped by Israeli Occupation Forces in West Bank (Ma'an, 4/1/08).
   
 US Soldier, 45 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, According to April 1, 2008 News Reports (INA, 4/1/08).
   
US Soldier, 45 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, According to April 1, 2008 News Reports. Above: Some of the victims of the Maliki assault on Basra and Sadr City (Yaqen, 4/1/08).
   
Millions of Iraqis were forced out of their homes to be displaced inside Iraq and in other countries, as a result of the US invasion and occupation of Iraq and the following non-stop five-year war in the beleaguered country (INA, 4/1/08).
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15 People Killed, as Somali Fighters Seize Town of Adado (AP, 4/3/08).
   
10 Palestinians Injured in Gaza, 6 Kidnapped in the West Bank by Israeli Occupation Forces (imemc, 4/3/08).
   
44 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including 24 by US Forces, Sadr Calls for Massive Anti-US Protest on Wednesday, According to April 3, 2008 News Reports. Above: A  Basrah man grieving over the rubble of his home (INA, 4/3/08).
   
44 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including 24 by US Forces, Sadr Calls for Massive Anti-US Protest on Wednesday, According to April 3, 2008 News Reports. Above: A  Basrah man grieving over the death of relatives in Basrah (INA, 4/3/08).
   

Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with Henry M. Paulson, special representative of U.S. President George W. Bush and the U.S. Treasury Secretary, at the Great Hall of People in Beijing, April 2, 2008. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang, 4/3/08).

   
Israeli occupation forces invade northern Gaza, West Bank cities, kidnap 20 Palestinians  (imemc, 4/2/08).
 

 

 
 

 

 

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