Destabilizing Iraq, Broadly Defined
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Be careful what you say and whom you help -- especially when it comes to the Iraq war and the Iraqi government.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- In his first speech before the interim national assembly, Prime Minister Ayad Allawi on Tuesday gave a sobering account of the threat posed by the insurgency, saying Iraq&#39;s instability is a &quot;source of worry for many people&quot; and that the
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President Bush's war policies have failed in almost every regard, the bipartisan Iraq Study Group concluded Wednesday, and it warned of dwindling chances to change course before crisis turns to chaos.
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John Kerry&#39;s escalating criticism of George W. Bush&#39;s policy in Iraq raises a question fundamental to democracy: How far can the opposition go in attacking the president in the midst of a war?
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A US intelligence report on Iraq describes a perilous situation in which the US has little control of the violence.
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The U.S. troop surge in Iraq has thrown al Qaeda off balance and led to a reduction in sectarian violence and bombings, the U.S. commander in Iraq was quoted on Friday by an Australian newspaper as saying.
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JEDDAH, 6 December 2004 - The current situation with Iraq has all the ingredients of a long-term liability to the balance sheet of America, which some day it might be a disaster to the state of world economy.
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If US forces prevail, keeping the city stable afterward may influence what happens elsewhere in Iraq.
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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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Iraq's economy is weaker than at any point since the US invasion in 2003.
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Unable to deliver on its lofty goal  of bringing democracy to Iraq through the Jan. 30 elections,  the Bush administration is pressing a damage-control campaign  to lower expectations for the vote.
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Their president's approval ratings are at historic lows. The war in Iraq is grinding down their political prospects, and their party is showing deep divisions on issues such as education and immigration.
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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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The situation in Iraq is grave and deteriorating. There is no path that can guarantee success, but the prospects can be improved.
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Two recent assessments warned that the situation in Iraq is deteriorating and may not rebound any time soon, according to government officials.
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Violence in Iraq is down, but Iraq needs to take advantage of that.
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THE FIGURES: Measuring by the number of insurgent attacks and U.S. dead and wounded, the situation for American forces in Iraq has worsened since summer.