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The United States lost its 32nd soldier in postwar combat in Iraq on Monday, underscoring the hardships a U.S.-backed Governing Council faced in quashing Iraqi resentment as it began work choosing a leader.  A group which said it was an Iraqi branch of the al Qaeda network claimed responsibility for attacks on U.S. soldiers in an audio tape broadcast on Sunday but its rhetoric was more reminiscent of former president Saddam Hussein's Baath Party than Osama bin Laden's group.  We discuss current events in Iraq.

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