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chief sees Iraq war in "endgame" <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557im_/http://imgs.xinhuanet.com/icon/icon/typk.jpg" border="0"></font></a></td> </tr> </table></td><td width="25%" align="center" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <tr> <td align="center" height="125"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/31/content_9742077.htm" target="_blank"><img src="/web/20081021032557im_/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/07ylk/xin_2520905010724062110652.jpg" border="0" width="170" height="115" vspace="3"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="hl11"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/31/content_9742077.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#336666">Petraeus submits plan to withdraw troops from Iraq</font></a></td> </tr> </table></td><td width="25%" align="center" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <tr> <td align="center" height="125"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/12/content_9198001.htm" target="_blank"><img src="/web/20081021032557im_/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/07ylk/xin_47208051210301252836921.jpg" border="0" width="170" height="115" vspace="3"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" class="hl11"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/12/content_9198001.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#336666">Female suicide bomber kills Iraqi policeman, injures 17</font></a></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table> <table width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td height="4"></td> </tr> </table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td background="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557im_/http://imgs.xinhuanet.com/icon/ylhwq/dian.gif" height="1"></td> </tr> </table> <table width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td height="7"></td> </tr> </table> <table width="98%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><table width="94%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" class="wx12"> <tr> <td height="24" bgcolor="#C3C3C3"><table width="90%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" class="wx12"> <tr> <td width="50%"><font color="#333333"><b><font color="#333333"></font>In Iraq</b></font></td> <td width="50%" align="right"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://www.xinhuanet.cn/english/07ylk/iraq.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#666666">more >></font></a></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table> <table width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> </table> <table width="92%" border="0" cellpadding="1" align="center" class="wx12" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" cellspacing="1"> <tr> <td height="24" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><table width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td height="3"></td> </tr> </table> <table width="95%" border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0" align="center" class="hl11"> <tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/20/content_10224858.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">U.S.-Iraq security pact faces objections </font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/20/content_10224040.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">Roadside bomb kills two civilians, wounds 7 in Baghdad </font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/19/content_10220163.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">Iraqi ruling Shiite alliance wants amendments in U.S. security deal</font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/19/content_10219475.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">Iraq, Britain to discuss deal on British troops presence </font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/19/content_10219118.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">British defense secretary visits Iraq </font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/19/content_10218745.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">Seven Iraqis wounded by bomb attack in Baghdad </font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/18/content_10215693.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">Iraq: next few days crucial for security deal with U.S.</font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/18/content_10215152.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">Thousands of Sadr followers protest U.S.-Iraqi security deal in Baghdad</font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/17/content_10210489.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">U.S. soldier killed in Iraq's Diyala</font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/16/content_10206398.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">Iraq rejects U.S. claims of Iran trying to bribe Iraqis</font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/16/content_10205185.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">Iraqi leaders review final security pact with U.S.</font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/15/content_10200078.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">U.S. military identifies body of al-Qaida leader in Iraq</font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/15/content_10198939.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">Insurgents kill U.S. soldier in Baghdad</font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/13/content_10184420.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">Bombing attacks kill 7 in N Iraq</font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/12/content_10183455.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">Nine killed, 13 injured in Baghdad car bombing</font></a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> </table> <table width="94%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" class="wx12"> <tr> <td height="24" bgcolor="#C3C3C3"><table width="90%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" class="wx12"> <tr> <td width="50%"><font color="#333333"><b>World reactions </b></font></td> <td width="50%" align="right"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://www.xinhuanet.cn/english/07ylk/world.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#666666">more >></font></a></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table> <table width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> </table> <table width="92%" border="0" cellpadding="1" align="center" class="wx12" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" cellspacing="1"> <tr> <td height="24" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><table width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td height="3"></td> </tr> </table> <table width="95%" border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0" align="center" class="hl11"> <tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/14/content_10193865.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">U.S. condemns attacks on Iraqis</font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/28/content_10124663.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">Ministers: U.S., Iraq close to security deal</font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/16/content_10042560.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">New commander of U.S.-led troops sees gains in Iraq "fragile"</font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/11/content_9915895.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">Japan to withdraw ASDF troops from Iraq within 2008</font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/10/content_9896940.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">Arab FMs praise Jordanian king's visit to Iraq and efforts on Jerusalem</font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/29/content_9736040.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">U.S. to handover control of Anbar province to Iraqi security</font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/28/content_9725047.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">U.S. to hand over Anbar province to Iraq</font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/27/content_9723647.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">U.S. proposes troops presence to 2015 in Iraq, Talabani</font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/26/content_9716994.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">AL envoy to Iraq urges more active Arab role in Iraq</font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/26/content_9709867.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">White House: No final deal with Iraq yet on future of U.S. forces</font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/25/content_9709781.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">U.S. says no final deal with Iraq on future of U.S. forces</font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/22/content_9631099.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">Iraq, U.S. eye troops withdrawal by end of 2011<img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557im_/http://imgs.xinhuanet.com/icon/icon/typk.jpg" border="0"></font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/21/content_9563334.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">U.S.-Iraq agreement "not final yet"</font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/13/content_9239358.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">U.S. spending on contractors in Iraq to top $100 bln</font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/13/content_9237830.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">New U.S. commander in Iraq envisions big troop cuts in 2009</font></a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> </table></td> <td width="230" valign="top"><table width="95%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" class="wx12"> <tr> <td height="24" background="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557im_/http://imgs.xinhuanet.com/icon/ylhwq/beijing.gif" align="center"><b><font color="#333333">Analysis</font></b></td> </tr> </table> <table width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> </table> <table width="93%" border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0" align="center" class="hl11"> <tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/21/content_10086056.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">Satellite imagery casts doubt on success of U.S. troop surge in Baghdad</font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/07/content_9823937.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">Newspaper: U.S. troops to pull out from Baghdad mid next year</font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032557/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/09/content_7946475.htm" target="_blank" class="hl11"><font color="#000000">Petraeus' call to "pause" U.S. troop withdrawal highlights daunting challenges in Iraq</font></a></td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="14" align="center">-</td> <td><a 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