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Last-ditch efforts fail to end impasse
Foreign Desk Report
BAGHDAD—US Marine jets Tuesday attacked two
bridges across the Euphrates River near the
Syrian border to prevent insurgents from
moving foreign fighters and munitions toward
Baghdad and other cities, the US command
said. A Marine statement also said US and
Iraqi forces destroyed a “foreign fighter
safe house,” killed two foreigners and
arrested three others during a Tuesday raid
in the same area as the bridge attack.
Elsewhere, Iraqi civilians said they could
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9,500 more troops deployed at Afghan
border: ISPR
ISLAMABAD—Pakistan has sent 9,500 more
troops to the border with Afghanistan to
prevent infiltration by militants intent on
disrupting Afghan elections later this
month, the army said Tuesday. Taliban-led
insurgents hoping to disrupt the Sept. 18
vote are believed to have sought sanctuary
in some tribal regions. Pakistan, a key US
ally in the war on terror, now has about
80,000 forces at the border. Army spokesman
Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan said 5,000
additional forces have been deployed in the
northwest and 4,500 in southwestern >> >>
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actress Keira Knightley poses as she arrives for the
U.K. premiere of her latest movie ‘Pride and
Prejudice’ at the Odeon Cinema in Leicester Square,
central London.
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actress Kelly Reilly smiles as she arrives for the
UK premiere of ‘Pride and Prejudice’ at the Odeon
Cinema in Leicester Square, central London.