Democrats brushed off a White House veto threat and pleas for patience from the top U.S. commander in Iraq Wednesday and pushed toward a vote demanding that troops begin coming home this fall.

House Democrats predicted on Wednesday they would win passage of a hotly contested war funding bill with a timetable to pull American troops out of Iraq, saying information from the top U.S. commander there had only reinforced their position.

Ignoring the promise of a veto by President George W. Bush, the US House of Representatives was set Wednesday to approve a war funding bill that includes a timetable for pulling US troops out of Iraq.

House Democrats predicted on Wednesday they would win passage of a hotly contested war funding bill with a timetable to pull American troops out of Iraq, saying information from the top U.S. commander there had only reinforced their position.

Democrats brushed off a White House veto threat and pleas for patience from the top U.S. commander in Iraq Wednesday and pushed toward a vote demanding that troops begin coming home this fall.

(AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson) Gen. David Petraeus, second from right, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, left, walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 25, 2007, between meetings with members of Congress to discuss the latest on the war in Iraq.

The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq criticised Baghdad on Wednesday for concealing the casualty figures from its sectarian war and charged that many detainees have "disappeared".

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BAGHDAD (AFP) - The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq criticized Baghdad on Wednesday for concealing the casualty figures from its sectarian war and charged that many detainees have "disappeared".

I wanted to do my part as a typical right-wing shill and respond to the letter of John Proctor that appeared in the April 11 issue of The Daily News. In a fairly typical communique of people of that mindset, he calls for the immediate withdrawal of United States forces from Iraq and ignores the disastrous consequences that would be sure to happen if individuals like him get their way.