http://www.almotamar.net صحيفة إلكترونية يومية تصدر عن حزب المؤتمر الشعبي العام (اليمن) http://www.almotamar.net/1813.htm 2007-01-01 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. troops began the year with news their 3,000th comrade had died since the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein but led to a war that has split Iraq and raised alarm at home. For Iraqis, the new year brought fears that Saddam's hanging on Saturday -- widely seen on television and the Internet -- had inflamed sectarian passions and could polarize the country even further.