Senior Officials Have Bleak View for Iraq
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WASHINGTON - A highly classified National Intelligence Estimate assembled by some of the government's most senior analysts this summer provided a pessimistic assessment about the future security and stability of Iraq.    The National Intelligence Council looked at the political, economic and security situation in the war-torn country and determined - at best - the situation would be tenuous in terms of stability, a U.S...
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The secretarys of state and defense have expressed concerns over Iran's attempt to shape Iraq's future.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell says he sees the situation in Iraq âgetting worseâ as planned elections approach. And the top US military commander for Iraq says he expects more violence in the months ahead.
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Along with a recent spike in deadly violence in Iraq, a classified US government report paints a bleak picture of Iraq&#39;s immediate future.
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A National Intelligence Estimate prepared for President Bush in late July spells out a dark assessment of prospects for Iraq.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell voiced concern about the future of Iraq as Britain announced a team would reassess security in the war-torn country.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair's government colleagues had serious doubts about the invasion of Iraq, a former top aide said in diaries published this week.
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The senior US general in Iraq expresses concern about the ability of Iraqi forces to cope with election security.
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Officials suggested that the presidentâs advisers were locked in internal debates on several fronts about how to proceed in Iraq.
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Despite optimism on the U.S. campaign trail, the choices in Baghdad are looking grim
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U.S. officials say time is running out for Iraq to root out sectarian militias and purge ministries of corrupt officials.
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WASHINGTON -- The effort to resurrect vital government services in Iraq has been hampered by ethnic and sectarian purges among the ranks of civil servants, a high turnover rate for senior administrative officials, and a lack of comprehensive planning on the part of both Iraqis and the United States, according to an audit by the special inspector general for Iraq ...
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The U.S. intelligence community yesterday provided a mixed picture of the security situation in Iraq but cautioned that a drawdown of U.S. forces there and a scaled-back mission for the remaining U.S. troops "would erode security gains achieved thus far."
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A much-anticipated assessment of Iraq forecasts that the sectarian strife will continue to fracture the country without bold actions by Iraqi politicians.
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Their president's approval ratings are at historic lows. The war in Iraq is grinding down their political prospects, and their party is showing deep divisions on issues such as education and immigration.
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A new U.S. intelligence report predicted on Friday that the situation in Iraq will deteriorate further unless efforts are made to reverse conditions, a portion of the report said.
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President Bush heard a blunt and dismal assessment of his handling of Iraq from a group of military experts yesterday, but the advisers shared the White House's skeptical view of the recommendations made last week by the bipartisan Iraq Study Group, sources said.