3) Senate Democrats reacted angrily yesterday to a report that the U.S. commander in Iraq had privately presented a plan for significant troop reductions in the same week they came under attack by Republicans for trying to set a timetable for withdrawal. (Washington Post)


June 26, 2006:


1) Four Russian hostages were brutally executed in Iraq by Al-Qaeda insurgents even as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki talked of peace with rebel groups in a national reconciliation plan. (AFP via Yahoo! News)


2) Oil slipped under $71 on Monday as investors balanced higher supplies from Iraq against demand in China and the United States that remains robust despite costly fuel. (Reuters via Yahoo! News)


3) Gunmen attacked a convoy assigned to Iraq's most senior Sunni Arab politician Monday, killing one bodyguard, police said. (AP via Yahoo! News)


4) A plan for troop withdrawal drafted by the top U.S. commander in Iraq is just one option being considered and a reduction in troops will be dictated by conditions on the ground, White House spokesman Tony Snow said on Monday. (Reuters via Yahoo! News)




Regards,
angelfalls!!

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