Tuesday, October 24, 2006

White House won't shift Iraq strategy (AP)

Relatives of police recruits killed in an ambush near Baqouba Sunday cry as they wait to collect bodies  in front of Imam Ali hospital in Baghdad's Shiite enclave of Sadr City Monday Oct. 23 2006. Gunmen in five sedans ambushed a convoy of buses carrying police recruits near the city of Baqouba 35 miles (55 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad killing at least 15 and wounding 25 others. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - With just two weeks until Election Day the White House sought to ease political anxieties about security in Iraq but rejected calls from lawmakers for a dramatic policy shift.


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