Iraq&#39;s grim spiral: Bush refuses to acknowledge dire situation
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Some days it&#39;s hard to imagine how the news from Iraq can get any worse, although it has a way of doing just that with unsettling regularity.
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ELECTIONS IN IRAQ: At a news conference, President Bush urged Iraqis to defy terrorists and vote in Sunday's election. He also sought patience from anxious Americans as a Marine helicopter crash pushed the U.S. death toll above 1,400.
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President Bush on Monday embraced the new leadership in Iraq as a turning point in the war but claimed only gradual progress in years of fighting and acknowledged that Americans are uneasy about the outcome.
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Unable to deliver on its lofty goal  of bringing democracy to Iraq through the Jan. 30 elections,  the Bush administration is pressing a damage-control campaign  to lower expectations for the vote.
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President Bush told Marines Tuesday that Iraqi insurgents have suffered a &quot;severe blow&quot; but are not defeated, as he sought to boost US troop morale and prepare
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Just when President Bush was trying to accentuate the positive in Iraq and declare a new beginning in the war on terror, a rash of bad news comes from multiple fronts in the global struggle.
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President George W. Bush called US opponents in Iraq some of the most brutal men on Earth and acknowledged that serious problems remain in many Iraqi cities.
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Democratic presidential challenger John Kerry has accused US President George Bush of not telling Americans the truth about how serious conditions are in Iraq.
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PRESIDENT BUSH admitted yesterday that the murderous bombing campaign by fighters in Iraq was âhaving an effectâ and that US-trained Iraqi troops were nowhere near ready to take over the countryâs security.
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Kofi Annan's reluctance to commit staff members to Iraq in large numbers and a series of comments he has made about the war have strained relations with the Bush administration.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has said the situation in Iraq is getting worse, as American forces continue to battle insurgents.
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Iraq is now the second most unstable country in the world, a private survey finds, its standing deteriorating from last year's fourth place on a list of the 10 nations most vulnerable to violent internal conflict and worsening conditions.
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The international problems facing President Bush look no less daunting in the rosy dawn of a new term. But if Iraq stabilizes enough to give the president breathing room, the
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President Bush is in &quot;a complete state of denial&quot; about the deteriorating situation in Iraq, Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards charged on Wednesday.
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Iraq is a quagmire, steadily getting worse, as anyone who reads the newspaper knows. Attacks against US forces, our allies, and Iraqis seen to be collaborating with us, are on the rise, alarmingly so.
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US President George W. Bush refused to set a timetable for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq following the creation of its new government, saying &amp;quot;we will keep the force level there necessary to win&amp;quot;.
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LAS VEGAS Sept. 16, 2004 - Democratic Sen. John Kerry on Thursday accused President Bush of failing to tell the truth about the situation in Iraq as the country falls into more violence and chaos with each passing day.