General backs off on US troop cuts in Iraq

Warns of strife as bombs kill 60

By Bryan Bender

Globe Staff / September 30, 2005

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WASHINGTON -- As fresh violence claimed dozens more Iraqi and US lives yesterday, the top US military commander in Iraq backed off previous predictions that a substantial number of US troops would be withdrawn next year, and he warned that a growing political divide over a new constitution could fuel worse bloodshed in the months ahead. (Full article: 1094 words)