U.S. Considers Elite Hit-Squads for Iraq -Report
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The Pentagon is debating whether to  set up elite hit-squads to target leaders of the Iraq  insurgency in a new strategy based on tactics used against  leftist guerrillas in Central America 20 years ago, Newsweek  magazine reported on Saturday.
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The United States faces an increased threat of attack from al Qaeda, which will likely try to use battle-hardened associates in Iraq to strike inside the United States, an intelligence report warned on Tuesday.
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A new National Intelligence Estimate paints a grim view of the violence and political situation facing the United States in Iraq, according to officials familiar with a much-anticipated, collaborative analysis from all 16 U.S. spy agencies.
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A revised U.S. military plan envisions establishing security at the local level in Baghdad and elsewhere by next summer, it likely would take another year to get Iraqi forces ready to enforce any newfound stability, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
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Baghdad was rocked by mortar fire and a suicide bombing on Wednesday, hours before the planned release a U.S. panel report expected to propose that U.S. forces withdraw from combat over the next year.
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The Iraq Study Group report proposes a fundamental shift in the U.S. military mission in Iraq over the next year, substantially expanding the American effort to train fledgling Iraqi security forces while pulling U.S. troops back from combat and patrols.
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BAGHDAD - The United States announced plans on Wednesday to increase its forces in Iraq to their highest levels since last yearâs invasion, as the countryâs interim government engaged in a flurry of contacts to rally support for January 30 elections.
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The Iraq Study Group will recommend the U.S. military shift away from combat and toward more of a support role in Iraq over the next year or so, a source familiar with the panel's recommendations said.
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U.S. intelligence experts painted a gloomy picture of Iraq, saying in a report seen on Friday sectarian bloodshed had surpassed the threat from al Qaeda and warning of the consequences of a rapid U.S. withdrawal.
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In a report to be released Sunday, a panel of experts assembled by the U.S. Institute of Peace calls for a 50 percent reduction in U.S. forces in Iraq within three years and a total withdrawal and handover of security to the Iraqi military in five years.
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A bipartisan commission on U.S. options in Iraq will recommend a gradual reduction of American forces in Iraq and a significant diplomatic shift that enlists U.S. adversaries to stabilize the increasingly chaotic country, officials familiar with the panel's deliberations said Thursday.
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American commanders in southern Iraq say Shiite sheiks are showing interest in joining forces with the U.S. military against extremists, in much the same way that Sunni clansmen in the western part of the country have worked with American forces against al-Qaida.
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Federal agencies supporting the Iraq war and reconstruction should order their civilian employees to fill key jobs in the combat zone if not enough volunteers step forward, a high-level commission said in a report presented to the president and Congress yesterday.
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The situation in Iraq is perilous, with Iraqi-on-Iraqi violence surpassing al Qaeda as the most immediate threat to U.S. goals, according to a long-awaited intelligence report, The Washington Post reported on Friday.
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Months before the invasion of Iraq, U.S. intelligence agencies predicted that it would be likely to spark violent sectarian divides and provide al-Qaeda with new opportunities in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a report released yesterday by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Analysts...
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The war in Iraq has become the primary recruitment vehicle for violent Islamic extremists, motivating a new generation of potential terrorists around the world whose numbers are increasing faster than the United States and its allies are eliminating the threat, U.S. intelligence analysts have...
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Before troops can leave Iraq, the U.S. must learn who, if anyone, is in control of the gunmen.