Snowe Visits Mainers in Iraq ; the U.S. Senator, in Iraq for the First Time, Says the Country Needs a Complete Army and an Inclusionary Government.
Portland Press Herald › March 05, 2006
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On her first trip to Iraq, U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe said the recent outbreak in sectarian killings has tested both the Iraqi security forces and fledgling government that is forming.
Unsettled by the recent bombing of a Shiite shrine in Samarra, the country has teetered on the brink of what some predict could be a civil war. That a temporary calm had been restored in recent days is an important sign, Snowe said Saturday during an interview by satellite telephone.See the full content of this document
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Snowe Visits Mainers in Iraq ; the U.S. Senator, in Iraq for the First Time, Says the Country Needs a Complete Army and an Inclusionary Government.
But the threat of violence by insurgents remained real in Iraq as a bomb exploded at a minibus terminal outside Baghdad on Saturday.
Ultimately the count...See the full content of this document
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