Negroponte sees Iraq success without Iran, Syria
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A democratic Iraq can still emerge from sectarian violence, but the United States does not plan to open talks with Syria and Iran on stabilizing the country, President George W. Bush's pick for deputy secretary of state said on Tuesday.
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It will take three to five years before Iraq's government is stable enough to operate on its own, according to the former commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, who said the surge of American forces has not solved the country's broader problems.
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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani estimated that the Iraqi army will be in a position to take over from the Americans at the end of 2008, and rejected calls by Democrats for the United States to start withdrawing troops and turning over responsibility to the Iraqis within weeks.
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The Syrians could do more to prevent terrorists from crossing their border into Iraq, an issue that will be on the agenda of an upcoming security conference in Baghdad, Iraq's U.N. ambassador said Thursday.
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After a year and a half in Iraq the United States has found no weapons of mass destruction; its chief argument for overthrowing the regime.
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The UN chief says the US is stuck in Iraq, as he urges Syria and Iran to help bring stability to the country.
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The move will leave the southern Iraqi city without foreign forces for the first time since the American-led invasion in 2003.
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The Shiite cleric seeks an Islam-friendly Iraq, but not a theocracy.
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US intelligence chief John Negroponte rejects claims that the terror threat has increased since the Iraq invasion.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says his country can play a major role in bringing security to Iraq.
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A Revolutionary Guards commander turned diplomat says Washington is ignoring a key asset in Iraq: Iran.
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The former UN chief weapons inspector, Hans Blix, has said the United States failed to control suspected nuclear sites in Iraq after last year&#39;s invasion, allowing crucial equipment to disappear.
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Iraq will close its borders with Iran and Syria for up to three days as part of its new security plan for Baghdad.
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Elections in January throughout Iraq are an achievable goal, the State Department said Monday, but it refused to predict the goal would be reached.
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AL WALEED, Iraq  - With an expansive gesture  toward his crumbling border checkpoint, RDA's Samarrai expounds  upon the digital, paperless future he says lies in store for  Iraqi customs control.
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The United Nations envoy to Baghdad  said on Wednesday he would present a positive picture of  progress in Iraq in a report to the Security Council despite  earlier having serious misgivings about reconciliation efforts.
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The top U.S. military commander for the Middle East is steering the topic away from Iraq and pressing Arab allies to form a more united front against Iran, seen by Washington as the region's long-term threat.