U.S. Struggles to Tutor Iraqis in Rule of Law
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American investigators working with Iraqis acknowledge that many criminal inquiries have yielded mixed results.
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Iraqi officials were fed up with his deferential treatment of the former dictator, but the U.S. was blindsided
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The U.S. intervention in Iraq was  hampered early on by a lack of adequate forces and efforts to  contain looting after the ouster of Saddam Hussein, according  to the former U.S. administrator in Iraq.
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Shi'ites may have won the lion's share  of the vote in Iraq's elections but the main alliance will  still have to find new allies if it wants a majority in the new  parliament and to secure passage of a new constitution.  And while Sunni Arabs, who for decades provided Iraq's ruling  elite, failed to win more than a slither of the vote and will  be marginalized in the National Assembly, they still have to be  brought on board for the constitution to be agreed.
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At least six NATO allies are refusing to send military instructors to help the United States train Iraqi officers, another impediment in the Bush administration's drive for support for its effort to pacify Iraq.
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Analysis: Bush's visits to Colombia and Guatemala hold lessons for his faltering attempt to stabilize Iraq.
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U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker says he wants the Iraqis to solve their own problems Caption: America's top diplomat in Baghdad (right) gets a military escort in April.
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A law that could shape Iraq's future by clearing the way for investment in its oil fields is deadlocked by a battle for control of the reserves and no end to the impasse is in sight, lawmakers and officials say.
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Analysis: Whatever the U.S. President and Iraq's Prime Minister promise after their talks in Jordan, neither man really has the power to deliver
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BAGHDAD A bitter political struggle has erupted over control of the special Iraqi tribunal set up to try Saddam Hussein and his associates, with interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi and his rivals maneuvering for influence over the appointment of judges
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Iraqi and U.S. officials are nervous about whether the recent handover of power in Iraq is too late. They also are worried about whether Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has sufficient legitimacy among Iraqis.
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Maj. Gen. Carter F. Ham has been placed in charge of an effort to better train the soldiers who are training IraqÂs military.
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A look at the difficulties some Iraqis can face in trying to escpape their violent homeland.
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Americans battled to win back the streets of Dora and are now revivifying civilian life. But can the Iraqi government take over?
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WASHINGTON -- The effort to resurrect vital government services in Iraq has been hampered by ethnic and sectarian purges among the ranks of civil servants, a high turnover rate for senior administrative officials, and a lack of comprehensive planning on the part of both Iraqis and the United States, according to an audit by the special inspector general for Iraq ...
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A State Department briefing chart dated Sept. 22 indicates the Iraqi border guard force being trained and equipped by the United States still lacks needed weapons, vehicles, body armor and communications equipment.
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The U.S.-led occupation authority's disbanding of the Iraqi Army over a year ago casts a shadow over the occupation.