Analysts dispute general&#39;s assessment of broken insurgency in ...
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Retaking Fallujah has &quot;broken the back of the insurgency,&quot; the US commander in Iraq said Thursday - an assessment far more optimistic than other analysts&#39; views and even a Marine Corps intelligence report.
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Accounts of the bloody battle near Najaf have produced more questions than answers, raising doubts about Iraqi security forces' performance and concern over tensions within the majority Shiite community.
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A bleak portrait of the political and security situation in Iraq released yesterday by the Government Accountability Office sparked sharp protests from the top U.S. military command in Baghdad, whose officials described it as flawed and "factually incorrect."
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WASHINGTON -- A highly classified US intelligence assessment that lays out dismal predictions for the future of Iraq -- including the possibility of civil war by 2005 -- mirrors assessments that are being made by analysts around the world, according to diplomats and members of the intelligence community.
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Trends in Iraq seem to be moving in two different directions these days. The guerrilla war between the United States and insurgents continues, with mounting clashes and casualties.
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There is no basis for believing that insurgents' recent success in shooting down U.S. helicopters in Iraq means they have developed new attack methods or discovered new U.S. vulnerabilities, the Army's vice chief of staff said Saturday.
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Fallujah has been the heart of the Iraqi insurgency but won&#39;t be its last stand, defense officials and experts say. US-led forces have moved through the one-time insurgent stronghold
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Classic counter-insurgency seems to be bearing fruit in a small part of Iraq. But will it work elsewhere in the country?
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FALLUJAH, IRAQ - A top US commander said Thursday the attack on Fallujah had broken the back of the anti-occupation insurgency throughout Iraq.
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Bush, in his Sept. 11 speech, argued it is. But some experts say many Iraqi insurgents have local goals.
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One report contradicted Bush administrationÂs assertions that were provided as evidence of a close relationship between Iraq and Al Qaeda.
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HUNDREDS of fighters who escaped the US onslaught of Fallujah are regrouping, re-arming and attacking elsewhere in the country to show Iraq&#39;s insurgency will continue despite estimated
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U.S. commanders say they've learned from past mistakes and are trying to lay the foundation for stability as they clear insurgents from this battleground city. But it's a slow process at a time when Congress and the U.S. public are demanding speedy results.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq&#39;s top general yesterday rejected US President George W. Bush&#39;s criticism that some Iraqi troops were unwilling to fight insurgents and have deserted the battlefield, saying the president had been misinformed.
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Is it just bad luck, or evidence that insurgents have recently acquired more advanced weaponry? Either way, it's a sign that the Baghdad surge could be even more complicated than critics thought
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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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While reports this week score mid-tier officers for Abu Ghraib abuses, they also reprove higher-ups for handling of insurgency.