Terms of engagement: A match is made in Iraq
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The Monitor visits the Methboub family as they joyously toast a daughter and her fianc&#233;.
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QUESTION: Mr. President, American forces are gearing up for what appears to be a major offensive in Fallujah over the next several days. I'm wondering if you could tell us what the objective is, what the stakes are there for the United States, for the Iraqi people, and the Iraqi elections coming up in January?
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The aim is to accelerate deployment of Iraqi forces against the insurgents.
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The Iraq war could be heading to its decisive moment: a battle for the capital of Baghdad that already has turned dramatically bloodier for American soldiers and carries enormous stakes for the country's future.
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It's not easy to find romance in a conservative Muslim country torn by war. Here's how some young Iraqis are trying
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The much-anticipated US-led offensive to seize the Iraqi city of Falluja from anti-American Iraqi fighters has begun. Meeting resistance that, while stiff at times, was much less than had been
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Much of the U.S. strategy in Iraq has become balancing a military campaign with diplomatic maneuvering and economic assistance.
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Insurgents and American forces clashed briefly Thursday near the Iraqi city. A large US assault is expected.
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Description: Newly trained Iraqi forces have a major part in the battle for control of the Iraqi city of Samarra, long held by insurgents.
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WASHINGTON - Teaching local officials in Iraq to govern themselves and provide their citizens with basic services will take "years of steady engagement." It also will rely heavily on the US government's ability to recruit skilled civilians, investigators told a House panel yesterday.
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The United States and Iraq are crafting a two-pronged plan to prepare for Iraq&#39;s first democratic election in January, combining a fall military offensive to evict insurgents
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FERGUS FALLS, Minn. -- The e-mail from Iraq started this way:
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An uptick in airstrikes and other military moves point to an imminent showdown between U.S. forces and Sunni Muslim insurgents west of Baghdad &#151; a decisive battle that could determine whether the campaign to bring democracy and stability to Iraq can succeed.
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President George W. Bush and his advisers like to say that sovereignty has been returned to the Iraqis. But the heart of the Iraqi capital, where the symbols of power are most concentrated, belongs to America.
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The move marked a major agreement among the countryâs ethnic and sectarian political blocs on one of Iraqâs most divisive issues.
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ELEANOR HALL: To Iraq now, and the insurgency there is increasingly drawing warnings from neighbouring countries, particularly about the viability of the elections due to be held in Iraq in January.
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The Pentagon asks for an estimated time for the U.S. occupation in Iraq