In US, patience over Iraq thins
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The election Sunday may sharply impact US opinion on the war.
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CLOUDED HOPES: An Associated Press poll finds that six in 10 Americans feel hopeful about President Bush's second term, but the hope is clouded by anxiety over when the bloodshed in Iraq will end.
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Military statistics show that U.S. forces have made some headway at protecting the Iraqi population, but there are questions over whether the gains can be sustained.
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The U.S. was slow to start creating intelligence networks and has had trouble developing informants because of death threats to Iraqis and their families.
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Presidential hopefuls show their antiwar stripes, but differ on how to extricate the US from Iraq.
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When Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi promised US lawmakers elections in Iraq would be held on time in January, Republicans roared and Democrats politely clapped despite their doubts.
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With just over two weeks until the Iraq election, the Bush administration played down voter turnout Wednesday in determining the election's legitimacy and urged Americans not to get bogged in a numbers game in judging the balloting.
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European capitals are wavering over how to approach the final two years of a US administration saddled with inconclusive wars.
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American fortunes in Iraq are ever more dependent on feuding Iraqis who seem, at times, almost heedless to American appeals.
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The training of Iraqi forces is going too slowly ahead of January planned elections, says a US think-tank.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister warned yesterday his patience is running short over efforts to resolve the standoff in Fallujah peacefully.
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Having won a two-month reprieve from Congress to demonstrate progress in Iraq, the White House does not intend to give up on trying to forge a grand political bargain among Iraq's sectarian leaders, even though such a deal has proved elusive since the 2003 invasion, administration officials said.
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The Bush administration is nearing the release of an interim report on 18 benchmarks for the Iraqi government, with fresh signs that some Republican senators are impatient with the White House plan for Iraq.
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Iraq's fragmented leadership is struggling to meet the major benchmarks that it has pledged to the United States to achieve soon, with political wrangling and a chaotic legislature standing in the way.
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Congressional leaders displayed eroding patience in the Iraqi government on Sunday, adding pressure on President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to find a faster path to peace when they meet this week.
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International resentment of the United States has spilled over to include bad feelings for the American people, too - at least in three European countries that opposed US policies in Iraq.
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US President George W Bush says he will not be rushed into deciding how to change his Iraq policy.