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Timeline of second Battle for Baghdad
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| May 21 |
Maliki to use "maximum force" against "sectarian cleansing" in Baghdad. |
| June 14 |
New security regime in Baghdad: 75,000 Iraqi police and troops. |
| June |
Killings in Baghdad increase 16% over May |
| July 25 |
Bush and Maliki announce 4,000 more US troops for Baghdad. |
| July |
Killings in Baghdad increase 16% over June |
| August 7 |
U.S. & Iraqi troops raid a Mahdi Army death squad. |
| August 7 |
Maliki lashes out at US military for using too much force |
| August 13 |
Most deadly Sunni attack since July 1 kills 63. |
| August 14 |
300 troops recalled from Alaska, just after returning home |
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Blast That Killed 63 in Iraq Is Now Called an Attack
August 15, 2006. By DAMIEN CAVE, NY Times.
BAGHDAD, Iraq — The American military said today that two car bombs ignited a gas line in the explosion that killed at least 63 Iraqis on Sunday, retreating from earlier assertions that the explosion was the result of an accidental gas leak.
In all, four car bombs exploded in a 30-minute period near a market in southeast Baghdad, the military said today in a statement. Several buildings toppled because of damage from the blasts, and at least 140 people were wounded.
Today's statement corrected comments made Monday by Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV, who told reporters that the Iraqi deaths were caused solely by the gas main explosion and not by any attack.
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Baghdad Bolsters Security, but Firefights Still Crackle
June 14, 2006. By Sabrina Tavernise, NY Times.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - On the first day of the new government's security regime in Baghdad, soldiers and police officers took up positions across this exhausted city on Wednesday. ... The new prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki's ... defense minister said 80 percent of insurgent attacks were against Iraqi civilians, 15 percent struck Iraqi security forces and just 5 percent hit American forces. Iraqi officials trumpeted new checkpoints and security measures carried out by what they said were as many as 75,000 Iraqi soldiers and police officers, in an echo of a crackdown announced by the previous government last spring.
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Iraq's New Leader Unveils Ideas for Tackling Security Challenges
May 22, 2006. By John F. Burns, NY Times.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's new prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, used his first full day on the job Sunday to promise ''maximum levels of force in confronting terrorists and killers.'' ... He laid out plans to establish ''a special security force'' of soldiers and police officers to restore order in Baghdad.
That promise stems from an agreement in recent weeks with American commanders, who have made it a priority to curb the violence by insurgents and sectarian militias in the capital. Part of the aim in Baghdad will be to stop ''sectarian cleansing,'' [Maliki said.]
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