cnn.com - 11/7/2008
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A U.S. soldier secures the site of a bombing Thursday in central Baghdad.
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Can Obama Get out of Iraq in 16 Months? Bombings Shake Baghdad
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... The daily bombings in Baghdad that appear to signal a resurgence of the guerrilla movement continued on Thursday, with three bombings in the capital killing 5 persons and wounding dozens. ...
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... . For background, understand that this deal was dead, completely, and the American forces were by the end of the year going to be in the country illegally. Plus, with bombings ticking back up the country was starting to head into a tailspin. Now, with Obama's presence, the deal really becomes a withdrawal timeline. And it looks like he'll have a mandate for change in Iraq as well: ...
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