Situation Called Dire in West Iraq
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The chief of intelligence for the Marine Corps in Iraq recently filed an unusual secret report concluding that the prospects for securing that country's western al Anbar province are dim and that there is almost nothing the U.S. military can do to improve the political and social situation there,...
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BAGHDAD, Iraq Relief agencies say Iraqi civilians trapped in Fallujah face disaster unless they get food, water and medicine quickly.
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Iraq's stagnant economy and lack of employment opportunities are feeding instability in the violence-torn country, hindering prospects for prosperity, Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said on Monday.
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IraqÂs leader unveiled a plan to defuse sectarian crises, but it was unclear whether it could stem the increasingly brazen violence.
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Iraq has been plagued by electrical shortages since the U.S. invasion, but the blackouts have gotten worse this summer. Besides decaying infrastructure and insurgent attacks, a bumbling bureaucracy and local power rebellions are to blame.
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Iraq's Kurdish deputy prime minister warned Monday that failure to resolve the fate of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk could result in more strife and accused people within the government of blocking a solution.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi speaks to a joint session of Congress Thursday as an increasingly violent insurgency complicates his country&#39;s plans for its first Democratic elections.
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Iraqis trapped in the besieged rebel city of Falluja face a humanitarian disaster, aid agencies warn.
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Two recent assessments warned that the situation in Iraq is deteriorating and may not rebound any time soon, according to government officials.
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Iraq's interim government on Sunday  declared a state of emergency for 60 days, the spokesman for  interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi announced.
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Iraqis fleeing their homes because of sectarian warfare are starting to set up makeshift camps inside the country -- a development reflecting the dire scope of the Iraq's displacement problem. Most of the camps are not big yet. But a U.N. spokesman said: "Iraqis detest living in camps and the fact that we are now seeing these types of camps being established is a very bad sign."
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The deterioratng Iraq situation is pushing both to look beyond their cabinets for solutions.
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Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has declared a state of emergency for 60 days, his spokesman said on Sunday. The emergency declaration excludes Iraqi regions run by Kurdish peoples
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U.S. intelligence experts painted a gloomy picture of Iraq, saying in a report seen on Friday that sectarian bloodshed had surpassed the threat from al Qaeda and warning of the consequences of a rapid U.S. withdrawal.
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A long-awaited National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq, presented to President Bush by the intelligence community yesterday, outlines an increasingly perilous situation in which the United States has little control and there is a strong possibility of further deterioration, according to sources...
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TALL AFAR, Sept 11: Hundreds of Iraqis left the trouble spot of Tall Afar, as regional heavyweights initiated contacts with the government on Saturday in a bid to end a US-led operation that has killed at least 50 people.
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The Iraqi Red Crescent Society sounded an alarm over what they described as a humanitarian crisis in the Iraqi town of Fallujah after days of fierce street battles between US-led forces and Iraqi fighters.