Iraq's Ominous Numbers Game
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According to the latest figures, after a dropoff in March and April, the number of killings in Baghdad has risen nearly to pre-surge levels
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Election centers have been bombed,  candidates and electoral officials threatened and even killed.  With only a week to go, intimidation is turning Iraq's landmark  polls into a new kind of secret ballot.
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A US intelligence report on Iraq describes a perilous situation if the level of violence continues unchecked.
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Analysis: It has been clear for some time that the U.S. is not in control of events in Iraq. But the latest sectarian bloodshed suggests that even help from Iran and Syria  may not be enough to stop the slide into chaos
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The PentagonÂs latest comprehensive assessment of security in Iraq pointed to sectarian violence and a ÂpotentÂ insurgency.
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Along with a recent spike in deadly violence in Iraq, a classified US government report paints a bleak picture of Iraq&#39;s immediate future.
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ELEANOR HALL: To Iraq now, and the insurgency there is increasingly drawing warnings from neighbouring countries, particularly about the viability of the elections due to be held in Iraq in January.
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In Iraq, a sense of a long slog ahead. At home on the campaign trail, hints of victory or prompt exit.
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A new US intelligence report gives a more gloomy view of Iraq's future than Bush administration statements.
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BAGHDAD - October is on course to record the second consecutive decline in US military and Iraqi civilian deaths and Americans commanders say they know why: the US troop increase and an Iraqi groundswell against Al Qaeda and Shi'ite militia extremists.
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News reports on Iraq paint a picture of a country trapped in a cycle of violence and destruction. The sceptics and nay-sayers don&#39;t believe Iraqis are ready for democracy.
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Despite optimism on the U.S. campaign trail, the choices in Baghdad are looking grim
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U.S. intelligence experts painted a gloomy picture of Iraq, saying in a report seen on Friday that sectarian bloodshed had surpassed the threat from al Qaeda and warning of the consequences of a rapid U.S. withdrawal.
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As US and British influence in Southern Iraq wanes, rival Shi'ite militias are vying to assert their supremacy
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A sectarian split is a risk in Iraq's Jan. 30 election.
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In a few years, Iraq will be a distant, if painful memory. Our new focus almost certainly will be on Iran and North Korea. In the strange way that geopolitics
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The triumph of Jan. 30 is a fact. The shame is that Iraq-war foes can't admit it