Photo: #Iraqi soldiers check motorists on a bridge blocked off by the army after a heavy firefight erupted between the army and Sunni insurgents in nearby Haifa street, in central Baghdad on Tuesday. Violence continued to rage across Iraq as security forces launched a crackdown on Sunni insurgents in the notorious Haifa Street, a day before President prepares to unveil his new strategy for Iraq.
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Iraqi soldiers check motorists on a bridge blocked off by the army after a heavy firefight erupted between the army and Sunni insurgents in nearby Haifa street, in central Baghdad on Tuesday. Violence continued to rage across Iraq as security forces launched a crackdown on Sunni insurgents in the notorious Haifa Street, a day before President prepares to unveil his new strategy for Iraq. (ALI YUSSEF/AFP/Getty Images)

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War in Iraq

The military options in Iraq

Broadcast: Midday, 01/09/2007, 11:06 a.m.

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President Bush announces his new strategy in Iraq Wednesday. What are America's military options nearly four years into the war?

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  • Joseph Galloway: Former senior military correspondent for the Knight Ridder newspaper chain. Galloway has covered wars for 40 years, and is the author of the national best-seller "We Were Soldiers Once and Young: Ia Drang: The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam." It was made into a movie by the same name.

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