All Iraqi Groups Blame U.S. Invasion for Discord, Study Shows
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Iraqis of all sectarian and ethnic groups believe that the U.S. military invasion is the primary root of the violent differences among them, and see the departure of "occupying forces" as the key to national reconciliation, according to focus groups conducted for the U.S. military last month.
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An official US report saying Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction when US-led forces invaded has intensified the debate about justification for the war.
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Reaction to the Iraq Study Group's recommendations:
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Some in Iraq question how and why war is being waged.
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It&#039;s a coalition of the dwindling. The U.S.-led multinational force in Iraq is losing two of its most important allies &amp;#151; Italy and South Korea &amp;#151; and up to half a dozen other members could draw down their forces or pull out entirely by the end of the year.
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An estimated 151,000 Iraqis have died in violence since the US-led invasion, a new survey suggests.
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MORE than 100,000 Iraqi civilians have died since the US-led invasion of Iraq in March last year, according to a new scientific study.
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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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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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Findings and recommendations by recent studies on the Iraq war:
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A site called Iraqi Bloggers Central, which is quite upbeat about the American presence in Iraq, has provoked a deluge of intrigue and vitriol among its peer sites.
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WASHINGTON -- There is one matter on which US military commanders, many Iraqis, and some of the Bush administration's staunchest congressional critics agree: If the United States withdrew its forces from Baghdad's streets this fall, the murder and mayhem would increase.
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WASHINGTON -- Fueled by the Iraq war and the perception that the United States acts without consulting others, anti-Americanism is on the rise across the Muslim world and much of Europe, while global confidence in President Bush has plummeted, a global poll released yesterday shows.
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More than two-thirds of the people living in Australia, Britain and Italy &#151; three countries allied with the United States in the Iraq war &#151; believe the war has increased the threat of terrorism.
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A new National Intelligence Estimate depicts an Iraq involved in a multi-faceted struggle among religious groups and sects and says that without a sharp reversal in the violence and changes among the Shiite, Sunni and Kurd leadership, the situation could further deteriorate.
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The Iraq war has strained U.S. forces to the point where they could not fight another large-scale war, according to a survey of military officers.
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A growing number of Iraqis blamed the United States for creating conditions that led to the single worst suicide bombing in the war.