U.S. Allies Rethinking Roles in Iraq

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031113/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_coalition_jitters&cid=540&ncid=1480

In a blow to U.S. hopes for more support in rebuilding Iraq, Japan on Thursday delayed sending troops and other American allies altered plans after a surge in anti-coalition violence.

Nations such as France that opposed the war that ousted Saddam Hussein declared, again, that the U.S.-led coalition's postwar plan must be changed.

The reassessments came a day after a suicide truck bombing at a headquarters for Italian forces in southern Iraq killed at least 31 people — the latest in a series of attacks aimed at foreigners helping the United States rebuild Iraq.

Many countries and agencies in Iraq, including Spain, the Netherlands, the United Nations and the international Red Cross, have been reconsidering their presence since they became targets.

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1. Japan Is BACKING OUT!!

Now who here didn't see that coming?

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2. We Told You So! Yet Nothing Permeates Republican Hypocrisy.

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