Does Iraq violence threaten democracy?
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Conflicting reports have emerged over the situation in the Iraqi city of Najaf. How can peace be forged in the city?
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Analysis: As both Shi'ites and Sunnis accuse the U.S. of deliberately failing to protect them from each other, the raging violence mocks the idea that Iraqis are almost ready to handle their own security
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PHILADELPHIA -- The invasion of Iraq &quot;was a profound diversion&quot; from the war against America&#39;s true terrorist threat, Al Qaeda, and President Bush&#39;s actions before, during, and since the attack have made America more vulnerable to terrorism, Democratic
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"When we Americans first began, our biggest danger was clearly in view: we knew from the bitter experience with King George III that the most serious threat to democracy is usually the accumulation of too much power in the hands of an Executive, whether he be a King or a president. Our ingrained American distrust of concentrated power has very little to do with the character or persona of the individual who wields that power. It is the power itself that must be constrained, checked, dispersed and carefully balanced, in order to ensure the survival of freedom. In addition, our founders taught us that public fear is the most dangerous enemy of democracy because under the right circumstances it ...
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Jordanian monarch warns elections in violence-ravaged Iraq are impossible in current state of insecurity. By Hugh Schofield - PARIS.
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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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Questions about the election go beyond U.S. stewardship, to issues that touch on whether it is realistic to think that democracy can be implanted in Iraq.
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Iraq had a rare moment out of the world spotlight in the past week, eclipsed by the tsunami devastation in Southeast Asia. But the country saw a host of critically important political developments and deadly attacks that could cripple elections set for Jan. 30, and that suggest the insurgents are refining their strategy to wreck the vote.
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PETER CAVE: The Bush administration is considering guaranteeing a role for Sunni Muslims in Iraq&#39;s first democratic government as a way of trying to quell dissent and future violence.
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WASHINGTON -- A muchanticipated US intelligence report warned yesterday that the rising violence in Iraq could permanently tear the country apart and, in the worst case, create a state of anarchy with no legitimate authority that combines "extreme ethnosectarian violence with debilitating intragroup clashes."
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Amid continuing violence, Iraqis prepare for a crucial election. Here's what it will take for the next government to gain legitimacy--and why the new leaders may demand that the U.S. withdraw
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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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A survey of Iraqi politicians and citizens shows that they believe a withdrawal of U.S. troops levels could lead to a violent chain reaction.
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CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts  - Sectarian violence in Iraq has become "self-sustaining," increasing the challenge of stabilizing the country, the top U.S. intelligence official said on Friday.
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A country in chaos, a terrorized population under siege in neighborhoods polarized on sectarian lines or on the move in their hundreds of thousands to escape worsening violence. That was the picture of Iraq depicted in a new U.N. human rights report on Wednesday.
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Violence and infighting among Shi'ites in Basra are a warning that a last ditch U.S. plan to improve security in Iraq is badly flawed, a think-tank said in a report.
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BAGHDAD -- The most wanted militant in Iraq declared a "fierce war" against democracy yesterday and repeated a threat to disrupt national elections scheduled for Jan. 30.