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By: FrontPage Magazine
FrontPageMagazine.com | Friday, July 20, 2007
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 On The Offensive in the Belts
By Bill Roggio
Iraqi and Coalition forces remain on the offensive in the Baghdad Belts of Eastern Anbar province, Northern Babil and Diyala, as the bulk of the major suicide and bombing attacks have shifted to the northern regions of Iraq. Kirkuk has seen a massive suicide attack over the past week, while insurgents targeted two bridges in western Anbar province, where U.S. and Iraqi forces have launched a multi-brigade sized operation.
Diyala
Arrowhead Ripper in the provincial capital of Baqubah has now expanded into the eastern sector of the city, called Old Baqubah. The eastern portion of Baqubah has been cordoned, and Iraqi and U.S. forces are conducting "a deliberate, house-to-house search there for al-Qaida operatives." Multinational Forces Iraq reported that 67 insurgents have been killed, 253 captured and 151 improvised explosive devices and with 24 booby-trapped buildings have been dismantled. Iraq's Ministry of Defense reported 67 insurgents have been killed and 50 captured during ongoing operations throughout Diyala province.
Al Qaeda continues to strike in the rural regions of Baqubah. On July 17, an assault on the town of Duwailiyah resulted in 29 civilians killed and four wounded. Al Qaeda fighters attacked while wearing military styled uniforms, and killed women and children. Several Kurdish villages along the Iranian border have been hit in similar assaults over the past month, and al Qaeda has conducted mass casualty suicide attacks in an effort to stir up sectarian violence. Elements of the Kurdish Regional Guards, which are the Kurdish provincial security forces, are deploying to the northern regions of Diyala in an attempt to curb attacks in the area.
North
The provinces of Salahadin, Tamin and Niwena have seen an increase in activity since the launch of the Baghdad Security Plan and Operation Phantom Thunder in the Belts. Al Qaeda and allied insurgent groups are believed to be stepping up operations in the region as their traditional safe havens in Baghdad and the Belts are under assault.
In the wake of a mass casualty suicide attack in the city of Kirkuk which killed over 80 and wounded hundreds, Iraqi and U.S. security forces have launched operations in the north. On July 17, Iraqi police arrested 28 suspects in southern and eastern Kirkuk. Twenty-one of those arrested are said to have come from outside the province.
Al Qaeda's network in Mosul has received special attention from Iraqi and Coalition forces of late. Khalid Al Mashadani, the senior-most Iraqi leader in al Qaeda and the founder of the Islamic State of Iraq, al Qaeda's political front, was arrested in Mosul on July 4. On July 17, Coalition forces captured three more al Qaeda operatives in Mosul, one "who is believed to have been promoted within the organization after recent Coalition operations created numerous vacancies in the terrorist leadership structure."
The government is looking to augment security forces in the north, and has turned to the Kurdish Regional Government for assistance. The Kurdish Regional Government has promised the Defense Ministry 6,000 members of the Kurdish Regional Guards to protect oil and electric infrastructure between Kirkuk and Baji. The planned movement of forces is awaiting the approval of Iraq’s prime minister.
Babil
Operation Marne Avalanche kicked off in the Iskandariyah region southwest of Baghdad several days ago. This region, known at the Triangle of Death, is a battleground between Sunni and Shia insurgents. On July 16, U.S. forces conducted two raids in Haswah and Jabella. The Haswah raid netted eight members of an IED cell, including its leader, as well as a mobile IED factory. The Jabella raid, which was conducted with a battalion of Iraqi soldiers, targeted the Mahdi Army. No arrests were reported but the Iraqi Army set up an outpost in the town.
In Arab Jabour to the east, an al Qaeda meeting was hit with Excalibur precision guided artillery shells. The strike killed “the top target for al Qaeda in Iraq south of Baghdad.” The al Qaeda commander was “responsible for improvised explosive devices, vehicle-borne IED and indirect fire attacks on Coalition Forces in Arab Jabour.”
Anbar
Iraqi troops and U.S. Marines continue to pressure al Qaeda and Sunni insurgent groups throughout Anbar province. On July 15, over 9,000 U.S Marines, Soldiers, Sailors and Iraqi Army members launched Operation Matwani in the western expanses of the Euphrates River Valley. The goal of Matwani is "to neutralize any future attempts by Anti-Iraqi Forces to re-establish a presence in key urban areas along the Euphrates River valley." On July 3, one such al Qaeda team attempted to strike in Ramadi, but was routed south of the city by Coalition airpower and Iraqi ground forces.
In the Triad region of Haditha, Haqlanniyah, and Barwana, insurgents attacked two bridges in Udasiyah and Haqlanniyah with car bombs. While Voices of Iraq reported the bridges were destroyed, 1st Lt. Shawn Mercer, the Deputy Public Affairs Officer for Multinational Forces West informed us the bridges were damaged. "MNF-W forces and Baghdadi Police discovered one bridge had been attacked approximately 7 km northwest of Udasiyah at 8:20 pm July 18," Mercer said in an email. "Another Marine unit reported a second bridge attacked 5 km west of Haqlaniyah at 9:30 pm. Both bridges were rendered impassable, cordoned off and bypasses prepared. Scattered vehicle parts indicated truck bombs were used in an attempt to destroy the bridges. There were no sign or reports of casualties in the attacks. Engineering assessment teams are in the process of determining the damage to the structures and repair plans." Al Qaeda in Iraq has destroyed bridges in Baghdad and along the rivers north in anticipation of Coalition and Iraq operations.
Elsewhere in Anbar, the provincial government has met with provincial officials in neighboring Karbala, and agreed to form a joint security committee. "We agreed on securing the international highway to ensure safety of the passengers including pilgrims and visitors of holy shrines in the province, determining boundaries of security responsibility and areas of joint patrols, and securing the area of Kilometer 160 which lies on the highway between Iraq and Jordan ", the governor of Karbala told Voices of Iraq. "We also agreed on the necessity of securing the area near Razazah Lake (150 km west of Karbala), exchange intelligence tips, establishing a hotline between the two sides in both operation rooms, reporting any operations within the borders between the two provinces to take the necessary measures, and assist in evacuating bodies of the killed within the geographical boundaries of Anbar province."
Al Qaeda
U.S. Special Forces continues the hunt for al Qaeda’s senior leadership cells, facilitators and operatives. Multinational Forces Iraq confirmed that Ahmed Sancar, also known as Khattab al-Turki, “a known terrorist and senior leader in al-Qaeda and a key financier and facilitator for the terrorist group,” was killed during a raid on June 23. Khattab al-Turki held several key positions in al Qaeda, and was planning to conduct attacks in the Kurdish north.
Khattab al-Turki, was an associate of Turkish al Qaeda members Mehmet Yilmaz and Mehmet Resit Isik, who were killed during the same raid. “Yilmaz was a close associate of Khalid Shayikh Muhammad, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon,” Multinational Forces Iraq stated. “Yilmaz also led a group of Turks to Afghanistan in 2001 to fight against Coalition Forces.”
Special Forces captured 12 al Qaeda operatives during raids in Baghdad, Taji, Fallujah, and Ramadi on July 18 and 19. Raids in Tarmiyah resulted in three al Qaeda operatives killed and two captured on July 17. In Qayyarah, Iraqi troops captured the emir of the town along with three associates during a raid on July 15.
Sadr and the Special Groups
The Sadrist Movement has ended its self imposed political exile and canceled its boycott of the Parliament. Sadr’s bloc of 20 representatives ended its one month absence from Parliament on Wednesday, while the Sunni political bloc ended their boycott today. Muqtada al Sadr is currently in Iran after leaving the country earlier this month. This is Sadr’s second trip to Iran this year, the prior trip last over four months.
Meanwhile, Coalition and Iraqi forces continue to dismantle the Iranian-backed “Special Groups” of the rogue Mahdi Army. A raid in the Amil neighborhood in Baghdad resulted in the capture of three members of the Special Groups “suspected of facilitating the flow of Explosively Formed Projectiles (EFPs) and other lethal aide into Iraq from Iran.” Also, Multinational Forces Iraq confirmed it captured Sheikh Mohammad Hassan Sbahi Al Khafaji, a key leader of the Mahdi Army with close links to Iran’s Qods Force, along with five associates on June 28 in Nasiriyah. Friday, July 20, 2007
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DAY BY DAY
By Chris Muir
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HAMAS BUILDS ARMY WHILE PALESTINIANS STARVE
By Charles Johnson
After voting the Hamas terrorist group into office, Palestinians in the new Islamic State of Gaza are screaming out for more aid from the United Nations: Palestinians in Gaza appeal for more aid.
GAZA (Reuters) - Children raced to help parents collect food from U.N. aid distribution centers in the Gaza Strip as women sat in the shade near trucks, waiting for their names to be called to receive their food rations.
The enclave’s isolation has deepened since the Islamist Hamas group routed their Western-backed rivals to seize control last month. Israel, effectively at war with Hamas, has sealed off key border crossings, stifling trade and forcing thousands of Palestinians to seek handouts from U.N. aid bodies.
The U.N. aid agency for Palestinian refugees says that up to 825,000 of Gaza’s 1.5 million inhabitants, classed as refugees, currently receive food rations, and the U.N. World Food Program aids a further 200,000 people.
“We now have only God and then UNRWA,” said Ahmed al-Jammal, a father of five, inside an aid centre in Gaza City. “We have no other source of income,” he said as he received sacks of flour and rice and bottles of cooking oil.
Hamas, meanwhile, has no problem with letting people like Ahmed starve, while they spend huge amounts of money on plotting terrorism and murder.
Claiming that Hamas has jumped light years since Israel’s disengagement from Gaza, a high-ranking IDF officer said that there was currently a limited window of opportunity for Israel to confront the Hamas threat in the Gaza Strip.
“There is an opportunity today since the world has not yet become accustomed to the new Hamas entity, and Hamas has not yet fully completed strengthening it’s military capabilities,” the officer said, adding that Israel was on a “collision course” with the Islamist group. ...
Hamas, the officer went on to say, had established a full-fledged army, consisting of four brigades, corresponding to the different sections of the Gaza Strip. The brigades were made up of a number of battalions and platoons. In addition, Hamas had smuggled in the past two months over the twenty tons of explosives via the Philidelphi Corridor from the Sinai into the Gaza Strip.
Furthermore, the officer claimed that the group had obtained anti-tank missiles, as well as an unknown number of anti-aircraft missiles. Hamas also reportedly possessed old models of Katyusha rockets, and they were working to improve the range of their cache of Kassam rockets, he said.
‘They have an organized military,“ the officer said, adding that the total number of infantry had reached some 13,000 recruits. ”They have the manpower, they have the training, they have the motivation; the principle is creating a balance of deterrence against Israel," he said.
The officer also noted that over the past two years since the disengagement, several hundred Palestinians had traveled from Gaza to Iran to receive training. In one case, the officer said, a Palestinian who trained in Iran was responsible for training 400 Palestinians upon his return to Gaza.
DEMOCRATS WANT CAIR TO BE ABLE TO SUE YOU
By Charles Johnson
House Democrats are trying to block a provision in a homeland security bill that would protect the public from being sued by the likes of CAIR if they report suspicious behavior: Democrats want ‘John Doe’ provision cut.
The legislation, which moves to a House and Senate conference committee this afternoon, will implement final recommendations from the 911 Commission.
Rep. Pete King, New York Republican and ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, and Rep. Steve Pearce, New Mexico Republican, sponsored the bill after a group of Muslim imams filed a lawsuit against U.S. Airways and unknown or “John Doe” passengers after they were removed for suspicious behavior aboard Flight 300 from Minneapolis to Phoenix on Nov. 20 before their removal.
“Democrats are trying to find any technical excuse to keep immunity out of the language of the bill to protect citizens, who in good faith, report suspicious activity to police or law enforcement,” Mr. King said in an interview last night. “This is a slap in the face of good citizens who do their patriotic duty and come forward, and it caves in to radical Islamists,” Mr. King said.
“I don’t see how you can have a homeland security bill without protecting people who come forward to report suspicious activity,” Mr. King said.
Republicans aides say they will put up a fight with Democrats when the conference committee begins at 1 p.m., to reinsert the language, but that public pressure is also needed.
UPDATE: More on this outrage, from Andy McCarthy at The Corner: Flying Imams — Are Democrats Trying to Sink Pete King’s Amendment?
The House-adopted King language ensures that any person who voluntarily reports suspicious activity in good faith-anything that could be a threat to transportation security-will be granted immunity from civil liability for the disclosure. The amendment is specific to threats to transportation systems, passenger safety or security, or possible acts of terrorism, and also shields transportation systems and employees that take reasonable actions to mitigate perceived threats. The amendment is also retroactive to activities that took place on or after November 20, 2006 - the date of the Minneapolis incident.
I am reliably informed that House Democrats are attempting, under the radar screen, to strip the King Amendment from the legislation based on an alleged technical violation of Byzantine House rules.
As Pete King’s office notes, in a post-9/11 reality, passenger vigilance is essential to our security. Given the variety of threats we face and terrorists’ history of targeting mass transit systems, encouraging passengers to report strange behavior to authorities is really just common sense. Failing to report suspicious behavior could end up costing thousands of lives — and while the “flying imams” don’t seem to understand this, the American people do. We must make certain that brave citizens who stand up and say something are given the protections they deserve. The King amendment does exactly that, and Democrats musn’t be allowed to strip it from the 9/11 conference report on a technicality. Thursday, July 19, 2007
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INVADE PAKISTAN?
By Ed Morrissey
The co-chair of the Iraq Study Group has a suggestion for George Bush that he apparently believes to be novel -- invade Pakistan. Lee Hamilton apparently thinks that Bush hasn't thought of the idea before now (via Memeorandum):
U.S. forces should go into Pakistan to rout al Qaeda from the safe haven it has found in the mountains on the border with Afghanistan, a co-chairman of the Iraq Study Group said.
Former Rep. Lee Hamilton, who also served as the vice chairman of the 9/11 commission, says the Iraq war distracted the United States when it had al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden on the run in the tribal region between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
He says it's now time to finish the job.
"This has to be carefully calibrated, worked out with the Pakistanis, but I am very concerned that you have a safe haven in Pakistan today where they (al Qaeda) can regroup, rethink, and get ready for more attacks," Hamilton said on CNN's "Newsroom" on Wednesday.
It's a terrific idea! Why didn't we think of this before? Let's coordinate with Pervez Musharraf to invade North Waziristan, which will enrage the moderate Pakistanis and likely push al-Qaeda farther into Pakistan's interior. At that point, we can overrun all of Pakistan and occupy it. Sounds splendid.
Well, except for one thing ... what if Musharraf says no?
Does anyone really think that the administration hasn't been pressuring Musharraf for this exact plan? We've spent the last five years asking for permission to cross the border to pursue the Taliban remnants and al-Qaeda, and Musharraf has refused, and probably for good reason. An American invasion, even limited to Waziristan, would mean allowing infidel troops on Islamic land, which has never exactly been a move that stabilizes a Muslim nation. Just ask Saudi Arabia, who acquiesced to only hosting our troops for fourteen years in the standoff with Saddam Hussein.
Hamilton doesn't address a "no" from Musharraf, so let's actually do the analysis that Hamilton avoids. If Musharraf refuses and we invade anyway, we've just committed an act of war against Pakistan. Pakistan has nuclear weapons and probably an inclination to use them in case of an invasion, certainly one by India and probably one by the West. They also have a large, professional, well-equipped army, which we know because we equipped it to keep the Islamists at bay. Instead of using them against the Islamists, they would likely join the Islamists in fighting us.
And how many of our allies would come along with us on this adventure? Bush built a fairly large coalition for the invasion of Iraq and for the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan. How many of those nations would come along on a war against Pakistan? I doubt we could even convince the UK or Australia to ride shotgun on that mission.
And if Bush commits an act of war against Pakistan, how long do you suppose it will take for Hamilton's friends in Congress to file articles of impeachment against Bush?
Hamilton is full of hot air, as is the ISG report. He wants us to invade a nation of 164 million people without regard to what its government wants -- a nuclear-armed nation at that. We would be attacking a mountainous position at the point farthest away from our naval lines of communication while fighting a military that could call up tens of millions of men. This apparently is preferable to the situation we face now in Iraq, where we're beating terrorists on a daily basis while hoping to bolster a stable republic that will one day fight terrorism on their own.
If Musharraf wanted us in Waziristan, we'd be there already. If he doesn't, we don't have much choice but to operate on quieter levels and take a chance now and again at a decapitating strike. Thursday, July 19, 2007
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THE TALIBAN SUICIDE CAMPAIGN IS IN FULL SWING IN PAKISTAN
By Bill Roggio
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Aftermath of the Hub attack. Click to view. |
Chinese engineers targeted in Hub, Pakistani army attacked in Hangu and Kohat
The Taliban campaign against Pakistani government and military targets is intensifying. Three more suicide attacks were conducted in western Pakistan today, resulting in over 49 killed and 56 wounded. The suicide bombers targeted a police college in Hangu, a mosque in Kohat in the Northwest Frontier Province, and a convoy transporting Chinese engineers in the town of Hub in Baluchistan.
At least eight people were killed and 26 wounded in the suicide attack on the Police Training College in the Northwest Frontier Province district of Hangu. The bomber drove his explosive-laden car into the main gate of the training facility. Ten of those wounded are said to be in critical condition, and the local hospital is operating under emergency conditions, The News reported. Hangu borders North Waziristan, where the Taliban have been waging a campaign against the government. A second suicide attack in the district of Kohat targeted a mosque inside an army training center; 11 were reported killed.
In Hub in Baluchistan province, a suicide bomber attacked a convoy transporting Chinese engineers. Over 30 were killed in the attack, including 8 policemen, and another 30 wounded. The bus carrying the Chinese engineers was not damaged in the attack. "The huge explosion also destroyed 15 vehicles and motorbikes and damaged 25 nearby houses and shops," The News reported. There are over 3,000 Chinese working on engineering projects in Pakistan, and the Chinese have been the target of Taliban attacks in the past.
Today's suicide attacks follow a week of strikes against government and political targets. At least 139 were killed and over 205 wounded in the major attacks since July 14. The vast majority of those killed were soldiers or police.
Yesterday, the Taliban conducted two separate ambushes against military convoys in North Waziristan. Seventeen soldiers were killed in the ambush. A spate of small arms and roadside bombings also occurred yesterday in North Waziristan.
A suicide bomber killed 13 and wounded 30 during an attack on a political gathering at the Islamabad Court on July 17. Pakistan's chief justice, who was suspended by President Pervez Musharraf on March 9 for misconduct, was scheduled to speak at the event.
A pair of suicide attacks occurred in Swat and Dera Ismail Khan on July 15. Sixteen were killed, including 12 Pakistani soldiers and four civilians, and 40 were wounded after a pair of suicide bombers rammed their cars into a convoy near the town of Matta in Swat. In Dera Ismail Khan, a suicide bomber killed 20 police recruits and wounded 50 during an attack near the main hall of the police recruitment center, as about 200 recruits were being tested.
A suicide bomber killed 24 paramilitary soldiers and wounded 29 in an attack on a Pakistani army convoy heading to Miramshah in North Waziristan on July 14.
The attacks in the Northwest Frontier Province are clearly designed to intimidate the local security forces and prevent new recruits from joining the police and army, while directly challenging the writ of the government.
The Pakistani government is under attack from an insurgency as well-organized and lethal as the insurgency in Iraq. At this point in time, the Pakistani government is refusing to fight back, and its troops are taking heavy casualties at rates far greater than during the operations in the tribal areas from 2004 to 2006. After the series of "peace deals" with the Taliban in North and South Waziristan, Bajaur, and Swat, the Taliban and al Qaeda have consolidated their power and grown in strength. The Pakistani security forces are bearing the brunt of these peace deals at the moment. Thursday, July 19, 2007
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PLAME CASE TOSSED
By Charles Johnson
In the latest episode of one of our longest-running trumped up political scandals, the lawsuit by Valerie Plame has been tossed out.
This is going to drive the Nutroots insane. (It’s a short drive.)
WASHINGTON - A federal judge on Thursday dismissed former CIA operative Valerie Plame’s lawsuit against members of the Bush administration in the CIA leak scandal.
Plame, the wife of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, had accused Vice President Dick Cheney and others of conspiring to leak her identity in 2003. Plame said that violated her privacy rights and was illegal retribution for her husband’s criticism of the administration.
U.S. District Judge John D. Bates dismissed the case on jurisdictional grounds and said he would not express an opinion on the constitutional arguments. Bates dismissed the case against all defendants: Cheney, White House political adviser Karl Rove, former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby and former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage.
Plame’s attorneys had said the lawsuit would be an uphill battle. Public officials are normally immune from such lawsuits filed in connection with their jobs. Thursday, July 19, 2007
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RUSSIA RETALIATES
By Ed Morrissey
Vladimir Putin has retaliated for the expulsion of four Russian diplomats from London. Russia expelled four British diplomats and announced that they would no longer cooperate with the UK on counterterrorism operations. However, analysts see some hope that the damage may be contained:
Russia today expelled four British diplomats, in tit-for-tat retaliation for Britain's expulsion of four of its own diplomats earlier this week.
Moscow also announced that it would withhold future co-operation with Britain in the war on terror, and stop issuing visas to British officials.
Russia's response had been expected since David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, announced on Monday that four Russian officials would be expelled from Britain following Moscow's failure to hand over Andrei Lugovoi, the man suspected of murdering Alexander Litvinenko.
The Russians could have raised the stakes on this confrontation, but apparently want to stop any further escalation. They took care to match what the Brown government did on Monday and go no further. In fact, the action is reminiscent of Cold War actions in diplomatic and espionage rows that erupted occasionally between the Soviets and Western nations. It even happened after the Cold War between Russia and the UK, in 1996.
Western eyebrows may get raised at the notion that Russia will end cooperation on security matters, but that also appears to be calculated to cause the least amount of blowback. Putin's government specifically stated that it would not cooperate with the UK -- which would allow other nations to act as intel conduits between the two nations. It puts more pressure on those nations to maintain ties to Moscow, though, and it calls into question Putin's commitment to global security against Islamist terrorism. If he just considers it a bargaining chip, then Russia can't have taken it all that seriously from the beginning.
Putin obviously hopes this will be the last word on this controversy. Gordon Brown has some thinking to do about whether they will let it be so. Do they want to keep poking the Russian bear, or will they swallow the insult to their sovereignty that two assassination attempts represent? Thursday, July 19, 2007
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HARSH REALITY
From FOX News: U.S.: Top Iraqi Al Qaeda Leader Arrested.
The U.S. command said Wednesday the highest-ranking Iraqi in the leadership of Al Qaeda in Iraq has been arrested, adding that information from him indicates the group's foreign-based leadership wields considerable influence over the Iraqi chapter.
Khaled Abdul-Fattah Dawoud Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, also known as Abu Shahid, was captured in Mosul on July 4, said Brig. Gen. Kevin Bergner, a military spokesman.
"Al-Mashhadani is believed to be the most senior Iraqi in the Al Qaeda in Iraq network," Bergner said. He said al-Mashhadani was a close associate of Abu Ayub al-Masri, the Egyptian-born head of Al Qaeda in Iraq.
Bergner said al-Mashhadani served as an intermediary between al-Masri and Usama bin Laden and Al Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri.
"In fact, communication between the senior Al Qaeda leadership and al-Masri frequently went through al-Mashhadani," Bergner said. He added: "There is a clear connection between Al Qaeda in Iraq and Al Qaeda senior leadership outside Iraq."
From FOX News: After All-Night Debate, Senate Rejects Measure to Bring Troops Home From Iraq.
The Senate rejected a plan Wednesday to bring home U.S. troops from Iraq by early next year after spending an all-night session debating whether to demand President Bush change the mission.
The 52-47 vote fell short of the 60 votes needed to cut off debate and move toward passage. Four Republicans voted with the Democrats, but only one new backer emerged after the 24-hour Democrat-orchestrated talkathon: Susan Collins of Maine who is seeking re-election next year. She joined three previously known Republicans supporting a troop withdrawal plan: Sens. Olympia Snowe of Maine, Chuck Hagel of Nebraska and Gordon Smith of Oregon.
Connecticut independent Sen. Joe Lieberman voted against the troop withdrawal plan. ...
MoveOn.org, the anti-war group, announced plans for more than 130 events around the country to coincide with the Senate debate, part of an effort to pressure Republicans into allowing a final vote on the legislation. A candlelight vigil and rally across the street from the Capitol was prominent among them, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., among those attending. Wednesday, July 18, 2007
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