US surge 'failure' says Iraq poll
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Most Iraqis think the recent US troop surge has failed, a new BBC/ABC opinion poll across Iraq suggests.
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Failure by the United States to stop  postwar violence in Iraq has crippled efforts to rebuild an  essential part of the Iraqi economy -- agriculture, according  to U.S. government officials.
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The US assault on the rebel stronghold of Fallujah will be a tactical success but strategic failure, increasing the resistance to the occupation of Iraq, former minister Robin Cook warned.
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The British government says a US-led assault on the city of Fallujah was needed to uproot insurgents who could derail elections in Iraq, dismissing UN warnings such an offensive would actually undermine chances for democracy.
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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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WASHINGTON - Members of the military and their families say the Bush administration underestimated the number of troops needed in Iraq and put too much pressure on inadequately trained National Guard and reserve forces, according to a poll released Saturday.    This critical view comes from a military group that has a more favorable view of President Bush, Iraq, the economy and the nation's direction than Americans in general...
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US lawmakers Wednesday criticized the Bush administration for not doing enough to move forward on reconstruction projects in Iraq.
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United States warplanes pounded the vast Baghdad slum of Sadr City and mortar fire rocked another part of the capital as a new poll showed most American voters think US President George W Bush ordered the invasion too quickly last year and without
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Iraq has failed to meet 11 out of 18 progress benchmarks set by the US, a Congressional watchdog finds.
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On his first day as defense secretary, Robert Gates warned Monday that failure in Iraq would be a "calamity" that would haunt the United States for years. Underscoring eroding security there, a Pentagon report said the number of insurgent and sectarian attacks had risen to the highest level in years.
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Robert M. Gates testified that the U.S. was not winning in Iraq and that failure could ignite ÃÂa regional conflagration.ÃÂ
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Bush's speech on Iraq and Petraeus's progress report on the 'surge' swayed few Americans, polls show.
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Iraq's election body rejected a  suggestion in Washington it adjust the results of next month's  vote to benefit the Sunni minority if low turnout in Sunni  areas means Shi'ites win an exaggerated majority in the new  assembly.
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Public support for the war in Iraq has fallen to a new low and Republican support is beginning to waver, a poll published Tuesday found. In the latest CNN-Opinion Research Corporation poll, 69 percent of those polled believe things are going badly in Iraq, and anti-war sentiment among Republican poll respondents has suddenly increased.
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As sectarian violence continues, the US military cautions that results of its Baghdad troop 'surge' will take time.
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BAQOUBA, Iraq -- The US commander of a new offensive north of Baghdad, reclaiming insurgent territory day by day, said yesterday his Iraqi partners might be too weak to hold onto the gains.
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The US government is under pressure from political opponents on whether Iraq's poll can be held as planned.