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Tuesday, 02 January 2007 |
 Iraqi civilian death toll reaches all-time high
'The number of Iraqi civilians killed in political
violence hit an all-time high in December, according to official
government figures. The figure of 1,930 for the
month is up from 548 in January, before a huge increase in violence
following the destruction of a major Shia shrine in February.'
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Bush 'to reveal Iraq troop boost'
'I am just waiting for Uncle Dickie to give me my new stra, er, stratug, er, new plan ...'
'US President George W Bush intends to reveal a new Iraq strategy within days, the BBC has learnt. The speech will reveal a plan to send more US troops to
Iraq to focus on ways of bringing greater security, rather than
training Iraqi forces.'
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