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Iraqi and U.S. generals speak to the press in Baghdad

General Qassem Atta (R), the official spokesman for law enforcement in Iraq and General Kevin Bergner (L), the spokesman for the U.S. forces in Iraq, speak to the press on June 4, 2008. Atta said that attacks during the month of May are the lowest compared to the same month since 2004. Bergner said that the long term U.S. policy in Iraq is not to establish a permanent military base and not to use Iraq as a launching bad for other attacks in the region. (UPI Photo/Ali Jasim)

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