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Hamas founder and spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was killed in an Israeli helicopter missile strike outside a Gaza City mosque Monday, prompting threats of revenge by Palestinian militants. Two Mideast experts discuss Israel's decision to assassinate the Hamas founder…

A 1,000-pound bomb ripped through a Baghdad hotel today, killing at least 27 people and wounding 40 others. Ray Suarez speaks with New York Times reporter Jeffrey Gettleman about the blast in Baghdad.

Some 130,000 U.S. soldiers are returning from service in Iraq as part of the largest troop rotation since World War II. Betty Ann Bowser talks to some of those soldiers about the challenges they faced in the war-torn nation.