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US defense chief Rumsfeld arrives in Iraq on suprise visit
BAGHDAD (AFP) Dec 22, 2005
US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfel arrived in Bahgdad on a suprise visit Thursday with plans to visit American troops and meet with Iraqi leaders, according to an AFP correspondent traveling with him.

He arrived from Afghanistan, where he had met with US troops at the Bagram Air Base earlier in the day.