General: Attacks may delay Iraq plans
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A U.S. general warned Saturday that increased Sunni attacks in a province extremists call the center of their Islamic state in Iraq may delay plans to hand it over to Iraqi troops by the end of the year.
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Surging violence in Iraq this month has  disrupted reconstruction work in parts of the country, but  plans are still on track for a tenfold increase in the number  of projects, a U.S. general said Sunday.
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Top U.S. generals warned Wednesday that violence will increase in Baghdad during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and said al-Qaida in Iraq already has intensified its assaults against American troops.
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Iraq's military is drawing up plans to cope with any quick U.S. military pullout as a senior American official warned that the Bush administration may reconsider its support if Iraqi leaders don't make major reforms by fall
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Violence in Iraq could worsen after  this weekend's elections because insurgents may exploit the  uncertain period while polling results are certified and the  government assembled, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on  Wednesday.
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Elections in Iraq scheduled to take place by Jan. 31 may be postponed because of continued widespread violence or a coordinated boycott by Sunni Muslims, US and Iraqi officials said.
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The new push by U.S. and Iraqi forces to reverse a rising tide of violence in Baghdad will target four violent "hotspots" in the city, the American general in charge of the plan said Saturday.
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Elections in Iraq scheduled to take place by Jan. 31 may be postponed by continued widespread violence or a coordinated boycott by Sunni Muslims, US and Iraqi officials said.
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WASHINGTON - Standing beside Iraq's interim leader, President Bush contended on Thursday that insurgents could "plot and plan attacks elsewhere, in America and other free nations," if the United States pulled its soldiers out.    After meeting with interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, Bush said he expects violence in Iraq to escalate as the country moves toward elections scheduled for January...
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The Pentagon inspector general's office has found that a program to deliver special armored vehicles to protect military personnel in Iraq from roadside bombs has been marred by delays and questionable contracting practices that may have endangered troops.
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U.S. and Iraqi commanders said on Saturday there had been a remarkable improvement in the country's security over the past year, but the top American general also warned that the gains could be reversed.
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Conditions in Iraq will not  improve sufficiently by September to justify  a drawdown of U.S. military forces, the top  commander in Iraq said yesterday.
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A U.S. general warned Friday that insurgents may be planning "spectacular" attacks to scare voters in the three weeks before Iraq's landmark elections, and Shiite and Sunni religious leaders voiced sharply divergent views on whether the vote should be held at all.
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The general who oversees the Iraq   war said on Tuesday he did not expect any reductions in the   size of the U.S. force until at least the end of spring 2007,   as American troops try to prevent Iraq from falling into civil   war.
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As President Bush weighs new strategies for Iraq, the Army's top general warned Thursday that his force "will break" without thousands more active duty troops and greater use of the reserves.
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A security plan seen as a last-ditch attempt to halt violence in Baghdad will not produce results overnight, a U.S. general warned on Sunday, after a suicide truck bomb killed 135 people.
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A U.S. assault on one or more of Iraq's three main "no-go" areas &#151; including Fallujah &#151; is likely in the next four months as the Iraqi government prepares to extend control before elections slated for January, the U.S. land forces commander said Sunday.