Iraq losing its best and brightest
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Targeted attacks and a sluggish economy are pushing academics, Christians, and businessmen to move abroad.
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The fighting in Fallujah, and daily terrorist attacks by Saddam loyalists and Islamist extremists, paint a grim picture of today&#39;s Iraq.
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The withdrawal of Iraq&#39;s largest Sunni political party this week from elections greatly dims the chances of holding a meaningful vote there next month.
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One of the few remaining aid agencies in Iraq, World Vision, is pulling out of the country.
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Despite optimism on the U.S. campaign trail, the choices in Baghdad are looking grim
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Yet it&#39;s clear chaos has escalated and violence is becoming more co-ordinated. Some experts are calling Iraq a potential &quot;super rogue state&quot; and the next Lebanon.
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Patience with Iraq's prime minister is running out among most everyone, except George W. Bush.
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As troops exit an Iraqi city, a glimpse of what follows for the country.
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The fate of Iraqâs former minister of defense will turn on the ability of Iraqâs fractious sects and political alliances to work together.
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Growing disenchantment over the Iraq war is proving the great equalizer in many areas, blurring traditional social and demographic distinctions that made it easy to paint sections of the electoral map red or blue.
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A stark U.S. intelligence assessment gives a dim prognosis on the likelihood that Iraqi politicians can heal deep sectarian rifts before next spring.
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The organizational challenges of mounting fair elections in Iraq have been lost in the wash of violence and political strife.
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WASHINGTON -- Leaders of Iraq's religious parties have emerged as the country's most popular politicians and would win the largest share of votes if an election were held today, while the US-backed government of interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is losing serious ground, according to a US-financed poll by the International Republican Institute.
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The situation in Iraq has become more complicated and turbulent since a series of explosions hit the war-torn country on Saturday.
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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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The BBC's Crispin Thorold says Iraqi civilians are emerging as the main losers in the conflict between Turkey and the PKK.
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The U.S.-led occupation authority's disbanding of the Iraqi Army over a year ago casts a shadow over the occupation.