Many killed in Iraq attacks (At least 19)

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Source: Al Jazeera

Two bomb explosions near a crowded market in the Iraqi city of Falluja have killed at least six people and injured two dozens others, while two separate roadside bomb blasts in Diyala province have claimed 10 lives.

In a separate incident in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, a roadside bomb killed three people, bringing the total number of people killed on Monday to at least 19.

While violence has fallen sharply in Iraq in recent years, the government and security forces continue to battle an insurgency that has been carrying out attacks on an almost daily basis.

US forces are due to withdraw from the country by the end of the year.

Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/04/2011411201443722196.html

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2. By the end of the year {2011}

"On March 27, 2007, Congress passed H.R. 1591, which called for the withdrawal of U.S. troops in Iraq by March 2008. However, President Bush vetoed the bill and the House of Representatives failed to override the veto.<8> Congress then passed H.R. 2206, which provided funding for the Iraq War through September 30, 2007 and was signed into law by President Bush on May 25, 2007. H.R. 2206 included eighteen benchmarks for the Iraqi government to meet.<9>"


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_of_U.S._troops_from_Iraq