Iraq says making progress ahead of key reports
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Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr suspended all armed actions by his Mehdi Army on Wednesday to remove rogue elements from the militia after 52 people were killed in gun battles in the southern Iraqi city of Kerbala.
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Washington DC, Sept. 23 - After talks in the Oval Office President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi both insisted real progress is being made in Iraq thanks to the continued US commitment to seeing democracy take hold.
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BAGHDAD - A senior Iraqi official cautioned yesterday against expecting "magical solutions" from the upcoming reports to Congress on military and political progress in Iraq and acknowledged the Iraqis are still not ready to defend the country on their own.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Sunday national elections will go ahead in January as planned despite a countrywide surge in violence against US forces and Iraqi troops and police.
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Iraq has met only three out of 18 goals set by Washington for political and security progress, according to a draft of a key report being prepared for Congress, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.
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The latest Pentagon report on Iraq says the situation is continuing to improve but the handover is lagging.
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Developments in Iraq on Tuesday:
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Iraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Sunday his government had made progress on all fronts and urged neighboring countries to work together to stop what he called "evil" from destabilizing the region.
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U.S. President George W. Bush said on Wednesday he saw signs of progress in Iraq on both the military and political fronts and again held out the possibility of a reduction in U.S. troop levels.
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Iraq&#39;s interim government voiced confidence on Monday that an election it has scheduled for Jan. 30 will go ahead despite violence and intimidation in some areas and
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A progress report on Iraq will conclude that the U.S.-backed government in Baghdad has not met any of its targets for political, economic and other reform, speeding up the Bush administration's reckoning on what to do next, a U.S. official said Monday.
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Iraq began compiling election results  from around the country on Tuesday and eased security measures  surrounding its historic poll despite al Qaeda's vow to pursue  "holy war" after failing to deter millions from voting.
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The White House is expected to give Congress an interim report on progress in Iraq showing mixed progress.
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The Iraqi government has made mixed progress in meeting political and security goals, a U.S. official said on Thursday citing a report that may add to rising calls for a change of course in the unpopular war.
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Iraq has met fewer than half the political and military goals set by US Congress, according to an interim report.
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Congress required President Bush to submit an initial report to lawmakers by Sunday assessing whether the Iraqi government has made satisfactory progress toward achieving the benchmarks set for it. The breakdown of progress described in the Bush administration's report:
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Developments in Iraq on Thursday: