Baghdad&#39;s best may not be enough
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RUMPLED and engaging, in his rhetoric a Middle Eastern strongman, in his stated principles a democrat, Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi seemed, when he assumed sovereign power just three months ago, to be the ideal man for his nation&#39;s difficult
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A large explosion shook downtown Baghdad on Sunday night, but its cause could not immediately be determined.
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If US forces prevail, keeping the city stable afterward may influence what happens elsewhere in Iraq.
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But whether in Parliament or in the newspapers, there&#39;s no escaping the perception here: British troops would be redeployed nearer Baghdad to help George W. Bush, not American soldiers.
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WASHINGTON -- The United States needs 3,000 more Iraqi forces to join the battle in Baghdad, but requests have not been met because Iraqi soldiers are reluctant to leave their home regions, the commander of US forces in Baghdad said yesterday.
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Iraq&#39;s neighbours have not done enough to help Iraq tackle its security problems but the Baghdad government remains committed to forging &quot;balanced and positive&quot; ties with countries
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When an opportunity presents itself to weaken the Sunni insurgency, which is Iraq&#39;s biggest security threat, US forces and the interim Iraqi government must act on it, press the advantage and not wait for a more politically favorable moment.
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PRAGUE- The future form of the Iraqi capital Baghdad may be largely determined by Czech architects and planners, as the Czech Republic would like to assist with a new city plan, Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda ...
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Baghdad has been waiting for a month now &#151; waiting through a series of devastating bombings, through hundreds more deaths &#151; for the start of a third U.S.-Iraq security drive to stanch the sectarian bloodshed.
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At the core of this fall's debate over Iraq lies one simple question: Can an increased number of U.S. troops subdue the Iraqi insurgency?
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Iraq will need time to build up forces sufficient to handle a potential threat from its neighbors &#151; specifically Iran &#151; even after Baghdad proves capable of overcoming the insurgency at home, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Sunday.
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Iraq has become the central issue in America&#39;s presidential campaign, but neither candidate has a solution for a conflict that has cost more than 1,100 American lives.
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Which of the following best characterizes the situation in Iraq?
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Not being Bush, or being anyone but Bush, simply isn&#39;t enough to replace our commander in chief. Many Americans hoped some magical candidate would appear with better answers to ending the insurgent uprising
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When Saddam Hussein was dragged out of a hole in the ground, many expected the insurgency would soon be buried. Monday morning, the skies over Baghdad prove it&#39;s anything but.
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The report from a morgue official casts doubt on the effectiveness of an American operation to reduce violence in Baghdad.
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(SH) - Maybe things aren&#39;t going so well in Iraq, but we must be doing something right in Afghanistan, which so often seems a sideshow in the war on terror.