ANALYSIS: Discontent surges in Iraq
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In the depths of a strangely cold winter in the Middle East, Iraqis complain that the lights are not on, the kerosene heaters are without fuel and the water doesn't flow Â and they blame the government.
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In Iraq, after four years and three months of war, the echoes have begun to echo themselves.
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In the dusty plains of western Iraq, al-Qaida is gaining strength. Daily attacks against U.S. and Iraqi forces are on the rise, and there is little sign of progress in persuading the population to support the national government. U.S. commanders acknowledge they are locked in struggle with insurgents for the allegiance of Iraq's youth.
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The war in Iraq has bred deep   resentment in the Muslim world and provided Islamist militants   with a "cause celebre" that allowed the global movement to   cultivate supporters, according to excerpts of a secret   intelligence report released on Tuesday.
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Military statistics show that U.S. forces have made some headway at protecting the Iraqi population, but there are questions over whether the gains can be sustained.
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Just when President Bush was trying to accentuate the positive in Iraq and declare a new beginning in the war on terror, a rash of bad news comes from multiple fronts in the global struggle.
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Iraq had a rare moment out of the world spotlight in the past week, eclipsed by the tsunami devastation in Southeast Asia. But the country saw a host of critically important political developments and deadly attacks that could cripple elections set for Jan. 30, and that suggest the insurgents are refining their strategy to wreck the vote.
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Iraq, once thought to be a political albatross for President George W. Bush, is turning out to be more of a headache for his Democratic rival John Kerry despite the continuing turmoil and mounting US death toll.
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Even with widespread violence in Iraq, voters there showed a passion for democracy by apparently turning out in numbers comparable to a typical election in the United States.
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Pressure is rising to establish an Iraqi military capable of securing the country by January elections.
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International resentment of the United States has spilled over to include bad feelings for the American people, too - at least in three European countries that opposed US policies in Iraq.
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A country in chaos, a terrorized population under siege in neighborhoods polarized on sectarian lines or on the move in their hundreds of thousands to escape worsening violence. That was the picture of Iraq depicted in a new U.N. human rights report on Wednesday.
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While President Bush and others have delivered optimistic public appraisals, officials who fight the Iraqi insurgency and study it believe the rebellion is deeper and more widespread than is being publicly acknowledged, officials say.
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As calls to withdraw from Iraq grow louder, the first front in the war on terror may get some much-needed attention
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Brazen attacks against Iraqis assisting the U.S. have deepened the sense of growing mayhem as January elections approach.
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Overwhelming numbers of Iraqis say the U.S. troop buildup has worsened security and the prospects for economic and political progress in their country, according to a poll released Monday that provides a strikingly bleak appraisal of the war.
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The attack sent shudders through a region where anger toward the U.S. has surged in recent weeks.