Iraq falls short of goals as violence high
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The Iraqi government has failed to take the political and military steps needed to cut sectarian violence, a U.S. congressional report said on Tuesday and a U.S. general said the next months were critical for creating security in the country.
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BAGHDAD -- At least 60 Iraqi civilians were killed and scores more wounded yesterday in a series of ferocious bomb and gun attacks targeting mostly Shi'ite areas of the capital, ending days of relative calm since the start of the latest US-Iraqi effort to quell violence and restore order.
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The Iraqi capital, on edge for months because of unrelenting violence, has shed its business-as-usual veneer and become a city at war.
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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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U.S.-funded reconstruction in Iraq is gaining pace in some areas, albeit on a smaller scale than hoped, despite mounting attacks and intimidation by insurgents, said a senior U.S. official on Wednesday.
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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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Iraq&#039;s new prime minister has made security his top priority, but violence is so pervasive that it may take months &amp;#151; if not years &amp;#151; before he keep that promise without help from American troops.
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Iraq&#39;s surprising Olympic soccer run came up short with a 1-0 loss to Italy in a bronze-medal game that couldn&#39;t escape reminders of violence in the war-torn country.
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The commander of US forces in Iraq says violence has decreased, but the country still faces many problems.
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Sadr avoids a potentially bloody confrontation, Maliki's cabinet approves an oil law, and civilian deaths are down. But don't celebrate yet
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Violence in Iraq has fallen to its lowest level since before a mosque attack last year which unleashed the deadliest phase of the Iraq war, the deputy commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said on Thursday.
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Iraq's stagnant economy and lack of  employment opportunities are feeding instability in the  violence-torn country, hindering prospects for prosperity,  Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said on Monday.
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Iraq's government has made laudable efforts to stabilize the economy but progress remains hostage to the worsening violence, the International Monetary Fund said.
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Rising sectarian bloodshed has pushed violence in Iraq to its highest level in more than two years, and preventing civil war is now the most urgent mission of the growing contingent of 140,000 U.S. troops in the country, according to a new Pentagon report released yesterday.
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki complained Tuesday the long-awaited Baghdad security operation was off to a slow start and warned that insurgents are taking advantage of the delay to kill as many people as possible.
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Iraq&#39;s stagnant economy and lack of employment opportunities are feeding instability in the violence-torn country, hindering prospects for prosperity, Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said on Monday.
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BAGHDAD - The second-ranking US commander in Iraq said yesterday that violence was down in Baghdad following the seven-month security operation in Baghdad, but that too many civilians are still dying.