Security Dampens Fete for Iraqi Team

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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's Asian Cup soccer champs returned Friday to be feted in their homeland, but many Baghdad residents complained that they would miss out on the celebrations because of tight security in the heart of the capital.

The U.S. military, meanwhile, announced the deaths of four more American soldiers.

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Security Dampens Fete for Iraqi Team

The national team, which hasn't played a home game in 17 years, landed at Baghdad's international airport Friday evening and traveled by bus in a convoy to the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad. Iraqi officials, led ...

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