Analysts dispute general&#39;s assessment of broken insurgency in ...
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Retaking Fallujah has &quot;broken the back of the insurgency,&quot; the US commander in Iraq said Thursday - an assessment far more optimistic than other analysts&#39; views and even a Marine Corps intelligence report.
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Trends in Iraq seem to be moving in two different directions these days. The guerrilla war between the United States and insurgents continues, with mounting clashes and casualties.
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Mistakes made by civilian and military leaders continue to impede the effort to combat a vexing insurgency and rebuild Iraq's shattered government and economy.
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Fight against insurgency killed 899 US troops, but violence plummeted after troop surge in second half
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How deserters and insurgents are foiling plans to build a new Iraqi army
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NATO forces in Afghanistan are in a "strategic stalemate," as Taliban insurgents expand their control of sparsely populated areas and as the central government fails to carry out vital reforms and reconstruction, according to an independent assessment released yesterday by NATO's former commander.
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A week after a top American general said the offensive in Fallujah had &quot;broken the back of the insurgency&quot; in Iraq, guerrillas are still fighting hard, and US troops are scrambling to stamp out new waves of attacks.
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The latest attacks on U.S. troops appears to reflect both the persistence of the insurgency and its growing sophistication, as experts noted that it seemed to be based on precise intelligence.
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At the core of this fall's debate over Iraq lies one simple question: Can an increased number of U.S. troops subdue the Iraqi insurgency?
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One of the most serious questions raised by the debacle in Iraq is whether it has crippled the ability of the world&#39;s leading powers to contain dangerous states.
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President Bush said for the first time on Thursday he made a "miscalculation of what the conditions would be" after U.S. troops went to Iraq, The New York Times reported. The insurgency, he maintained, was the unintended result of a "swift victory" that led to Iraqi troops disappearing into the cities and mounting a rebellion.
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Defeating the insurgents in Fallujah is critical in the battle for a free Iraq because &#39;&#39;one part of the country cannot remain under the rule
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Revelation that neither country foresaw Iraq insurgency undermines British blame of Rumsfeld
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The offensive in Falluja led by U.S.  Marines has "broken the back of the insurgency" in Iraq,  disrupting rebel operations across the country, a senior U.S.  commander said on Thursday.
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US Lieutenant-General John Sattler declared on Thursday his forces had &quot;broken the back of the insurgency&quot; in Falluja, but US troops still faced dangers in the city and guerrillas attacked elsewhere in Iraq.
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Leaders and supporters of the anti-US insurgency say their attacks in recent weeks have a clear objective: The greater the violence, the greater the chances that President Bush
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As reflected in CIA classified studies last month, U.S. military and intelligence officials are still trying to understand the various Iraqi insurgency groups that they expect will continue to fight, even after last week's election.