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The US aimed for Iraqi elections by mid-2004, but a new regional
council set up in toppled dictator Saddam Hussein's heartland met
with local indifference as two more US troops died in rebel
strikes.
A top US official suggested late yesterday that ousted Iraqi
President Saddam Hussein should be killed without hesitation, if
capturing him alive meant risking the lives of US soldiers.
The US Defense Department is investigating whether a recent strike
on a three-vehicle convoy fleeing Iraq near the Syrian border
killed former top Iraqi officials, including deposed president...