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The vote in Iraq - Baltimore Sun
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:23:39 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page


Los Angeles Times

The vote in Iraq
Baltimore Sun
But at a time when Iraq has largely faded from US headlines - a big exception being Sunday night's Best Picture win for the Iraq war film "The Hurt Locker" ...
The unfinished war game in IraqChina Daily
Will the War in Iraq Ever Go Away?Politics Daily (blog)
Credit where credit isn't dueGlens Falls Post-Star
New Yorker (blog) -Asia Times Online -Washington Times
all 1,047 news articles »


Lighting - Lighting Accessories
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:53:00 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page
Political Wire: British PM at Iraq inquiry - People's Daily Online...
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:47:19 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page


The Guardian

Political Wire: British PM at Iraq inquiry
People's Daily Online
Brown attended an official inquiry into the Iraq War and told the inquiry that joining in the 2003 US-led war on Iraq had been the right decision but denied ...
Innocent in Iraq, insists Gordon BrownDaily Star - Lebanon
Gordon Brown to blame for Forces funding cuts, Iraq inquiry is toldTimes Online

all 17 news articles »


Miliband: Iraq war won Britain respect - Press TV
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:30:13 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page
US military: 2 soldiers die in Iraq in accident - The Associated Press...
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:49:28 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page


9&10 News

US military: 2 soldiers die in Iraq in accident
The Associated Press
BAGHDAD ? The US military says two American soldiers have died in a vehicle accident in Iraq. A statement says the soldiers died Monday. ...
Courage Under Fire -- US Soldiers Praise Iraqi Police for Election OperationsSystems
Two US soldiers die in Iraqi vehicle accidentThaindian.com

all 78 news articles »


THE HURT LOCKER at the Oscars: Iraq War Drama Wins; Iraqis Ignored - Alt Film Guide (blog)...
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:34:42 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page


Hindustan Times

THE HURT LOCKER at the Oscars: Iraq War Drama Wins; Iraqis Ignored
Alt Film Guide (blog)
I found it disheartening that the filmmaker who made the most talked-about movie about the Iraq War to date made no mention of the Iraqi people and what ...
Iraq War Drama 'The Hurt Locker' Dominates OscarsVoice of America
'Hurt Locker' brought the Iraq war home in real timeTampabay.com
How 'Avatar' lost best pictureHollywood Reporter
Telegraph.co.uk -The Australian -FOXNews
all 8,644 news articles »


For Iraqi Voters, a Dizzying Democracy - New York Times
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:24:40 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page


For Iraqi Voters, a Dizzying Democracy
New York Times
The Sunnis boycotted, and the 2005 election posters ? many of them remain, faded and tattered, on those spots of wall in Baghdad not blanketed by the ...

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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:53:00 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page
MURPHY'S LAW: Kurds Kill The Iraqi Army - Strategy Page
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:53:30 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page


Globe and Mail

MURPHY'S LAW: Kurds Kill The Iraqi Army
Strategy Page
The other two parts of Iraq were former Arab provinces (Baghdad and Basra). The problem is that the Kurds are not Arabs and want to rule themselves. ...
Kurds no closer to taking Kirkuk after Iraqi electionsForeign Policy
Red line, green lineLe Monde Diplomatique
Bloc Takes On Entrenched Kurdish Parties in IraqNew York Times
World Socialist Web Site -UPI.com
all 134 news articles »


Matt Damon takes on Iraq - WalesOnline
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:52:26 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page


New Yorker

Matt Damon takes on Iraq
WalesOnline
With Chilcot's Iraq war inquiry still in full swing on this side of the Atlantic, the film is timely. But are cinemagoers necessarily looking for such a big ...
New Damon flick slanders americaNew York Post
'Green Zone': The 'Bourne' Team Takes On Iraq, Rovian PoliticsHuffington Post (blog)
Can <em>Green Zone</em> Break the Iraq War Movie Curse?ReelzChannel.com
CanMag -The Guardian -IGN
all 141 news articles »


Hope in Iraq: The American withdrawl is on schedule - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)...
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:11:37 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page


The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)

Hope in Iraq: The American withdrawl is on schedule
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)
History will never view the Iraq war kindly, given that it was launched under false pretenses and marred by such costly mistakes. ...



Video: Iraq Elections, Voting for the Future - New York Times (blog)...
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:43:01 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page


Video: Iraq Elections, Voting for the Future
New York Times (blog)
At War is a reported blog from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and other conflicts in the post-9/11 era. ...

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Iraq war plays out in Madison ring - Dailyrecord.com
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:18:29 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page


Iraq war plays out in Madison ring
Dailyrecord.com
The early days of the war in Iraq were revisited Sunday at Madison High School, but not as part of a history ...

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Against All Odds -- In Iraq and Hollywood - FOXNews
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:15:14 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page


BBC News

Against All Odds -- In Iraq and Hollywood
FOXNews
Even President Obama, whose opposition to the unpopular Iraq war and vow to remove all American forces there as soon as possible helped assure his 2008 ...
"Hurt Locker" Blasted by Soldier Jeffrey Sarver Who Claims Iraq War Story is HisCBS News
Hurt Locker breaks Hollywood's Iraq war curseScreen Weekly
Real Hurt Lockers in Iraq: Life is no movieThe Associated Press
New York Post -The Guardian (Australia) -OpEdNews
all 281 news articles »


Petraeus for president? 'No' is his handy answer - The Associated Press...
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:48:27 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page


Petraeus for president? 'No' is his handy answer
The Associated Press
In late 2008 after returning from Baghdad he began his current assignment as chief of US Central Command, overseeing US military operations in Iraq, ...

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Iraq Election Videos: 'Voting Day' and 'The Campaign' - New York Times (blog)...
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:24:44 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page


Iraq Election Videos: 'Voting Day' and 'The Campaign'
New York Times (blog)
At War is a reported blog from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and other conflicts in the post-9/11 era. The NYT's award-winning team provides insight ? and ...

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Green Zone Gets Reviewed - CanMag
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:18:10 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page


The Guardian

Green Zone Gets Reviewed
CanMag
The acclaim for "The Hurt Locker" notwithstanding, the commercial jinx of Iraq War stories has yet to be broken, although, with a vigorously virile Matt ...
Paul Greengrass: the betrayal behind Green ZoneThe Guardian
Can <em>Green Zone</em> Break the Iraq War Movie Curse?ReelzChannel.com
Under the GunNew Yorker

all 109 news articles »


When Is Looting Morally Okay? - New York Times (blog)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:12:08 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page


When Is Looting Morally Okay?
New York Times (blog)
And don't forget the sacking of the National Museum in Baghdad, in the wake of invasion in 2003. Legally, as Anatole France observed, the starving may not ...

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Iraqi PM's coalition seen leading vote - The Associated Press
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:00:47 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page


Globe and Mail

Iraqi PM's coalition seen leading vote
The Associated Press
BAGHDAD ? Early estimates from a range of Iraqi parties on Monday predicted a coalition led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki would take the lead in ...
As Iraq Tallies Vote, US Says Pullout Plans Are 'on Track'New York Times
Iraq election turnout 62%, officials sayBBC News
Iraq vote turnout figures releasedAljazeera.net
Voice of America -Christian Science Monitor -Los Angeles Times
all 6,413 news articles »


Iraqi family endures the loss of both parents, looks for renewal at the polls - Washington Post...
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:28:00 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page


Iraqi family endures the loss of both parents, looks for renewal at the polls
Washington Post
BAGHDAD -- Marwa Riyadh put on pink eye shadow to match her silky scarf. She donned a skirt and put on her best white boots. ...

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Coming to Israel, Biden flags US support vs Iran - Reuters
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:29:58 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page


Reuters

Coming to Israel, Biden flags US support vs Iran
Reuters
Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference with Iraq's President Jalal Talabani in Baghdad January 23, 2010. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Obama ...

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Iraqi Voters Defy Violence - Wall Street Journal
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:40:15 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page


The Hindu

Iraqi Voters Defy Violence
Wall Street Journal
AP Rescuers searched for bodies under the rubble after a blast leveled a building in northeastern Baghdad. BAGHDAD?Despite a spasm of ...
37 killed in Baghdad in Iraq election day violenceXinhua
GI's, New to Iraq, Hear the Election ExplosionsNew York Times
Iraq election head says turnout at 55-60 percentThe Associated Press
BBC News -USA Today -Reuters
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Iraq arrests 4 al-Qaida leaders, suicide bomber - Xinhua
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:05:53 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page


9&10 News

Iraq arrests 4 al-Qaida leaders, suicide bomber
Xinhua
Diyala province, which stretches from the eastern edges of Baghdad to the Iranian border east of the country, has long been a stronghold for al-Qaida ...
UPI NewsTrack TopNewsUPI.com
Iraqis vote...American al-Qaida arrest?...Gunman killed at Walmart9&10 News

all 9 news articles »


US defense chief hails Iraqi voter turnout, security forces - AFP
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:30:48 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page


AFP

US defense chief hails Iraqi voter turnout, security forces
AFP
ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT ? US Defense Secretary Robert Gates hailed Iraqi voter turnout and the performance of Baghdad's security forces in Sunday's ...
Robert Gates Praises Iraqi Security ForcesWall Street Journal (blog)
Gates: 'Amazing contrast' to last Iraqi electionStars and Stripes
Gates: Surprisingly little violence in Iraqi voteKGAN
The Associated Press -Department of Defense -WXIA-TV
all 124 news articles »


Iraq Inquiry: David Miliband says war has boosted Britain's reputation in Arab ... - Telegraph.co.uk...
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:44:53 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page
Now the hard part for Iraq - and the US - Asia Times Online
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:08:06 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page


The Hindu

Now the hard part for Iraq - and the US
Asia Times Online
Savvy journalists were quick to point out that the Status of Forces Agreement was signed before Obama, who opposed many phases of the war in Iraq, ...
Iraqis may prove war was a mistake worth makingWashington Examiner
Obama Congratulates Iraqis on Important Milestone'ABC News (blog)
Votes being counted in Iraqi electionseuronews
New York Times (blog) -TIME -allvoices
all 6,730 news articles »


Jeff Bridges hits right note to land Oscar gold - Hindustan Times
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:07:32 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page


Globe and Mail

Jeff Bridges hits right note to land Oscar gold
Hindustan Times
Iraq war movie The Hurt Locker won the Oscar for best picture at the 82nd Academy Awards, scooping a total of six golden statuettes at the glittering ...
Bridges earns best-actor Oscar for `Crazy Heart'The Associated Press
Bigelow first woman to win Oscar for directing; Bridges claims first statueWest Central Tribune
Bridges ends Oscar droughtThe News Journal

all 803 news articles »


The Hurt Locker: nerve-shredding portrait of war - Hindustan Times...
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:07:27 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page


Globe and Mail

The Hurt Locker: nerve-shredding portrait of war
Hindustan Times
Iraq war movie The Hurt Locker won the Oscar for best picture at the 82nd Academy Awards, scooping a total of six golden statuettes at the glittering ...
Iraq War Drama 'The Hurt Locker' Takes Top OscarsVoice of America
Bigelow pioneers Oscars with `Hurt Locker' winThe Associated Press
Iraq Film Wins Best Director, Picture OscarsRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
CBS News -Cape Argus (subscription) -AFP
all 4,697 news articles »


After Chilcot Iraq war inquiry Brown vows to replace Snatch Land Rovers - Daily Mail...
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:07:10 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page


Daily Mail

After Chilcot Iraq war inquiry Brown vows to replace Snatch Land Rovers
Daily Mail
Snatch Land Rovers ? designed for riot control in Northern Ireland ? have the worst safety record of any vehicle used by British forces in Iraq and ...
In Pictures: 'British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Visits Troops in Afghanistan'Monsters and Critics.com

all 114 news articles »


Will The War In Iraq Ever Go Away? - Politics Daily (blog)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:05:06 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page


Globe and Mail

Will The War In Iraq Ever Go Away?
Politics Daily (blog)
And it's not just in America where the War in Iraq continues to be the gift that keeps on giving. On Friday, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown appeared ...
UK's Brown to face questions over Iraq warLas Vegas Sun
Iraq war was 'right decision,' says British prime ministerLos Angeles Times
British Prime Minister Says War is RightPeri?dico 26
New York Times -Washington Post -BBC News
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Will The War In Iraq Ever Go Away? - Politics Daily (blog)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:05:06 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page


Will The War In Iraq Ever Go Away?
Politics Daily (blog)
Sunday's parliamentary election took place amid a backdrop of mortar, grenade and bomb attacks in Baghdad and other major cities. ...

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Gen. Ray Odierno and Ambassador Chris Hill Praise Iraq's Election, Local ... - ABC News...
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:55:18 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page


AFP

Gen. Ray Odierno and Ambassador Chris Hill Praise Iraq's Election, Local ...
ABC News
Sunday's election was marked by explosions and attacks in Baghdad, but US officials say the violence was considerably less compared to previous elections ...
US defense chief hails Iraqi voter turnout, security forcesAFP
Robert Gates Praises Iraqi Security ForcesWall Street Journal (blog)
MSNBC "MORNING JOE" INTERVIEW WITH GENERAL RAY ODIERNO, COMMANDER OF US FORCES ...Federal News Service (subscription)

all 144 news articles »


HOST: CHRIS WALLACE ALSO REPORTING: MALINI WILKES FROM BAGHDAD - Federal News Service (subscription)...
Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:25:20 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page


HOST: CHRIS WALLACE ALSO REPORTING: MALINI WILKES FROM BAGHDAD
Federal News Service (subscription)
GUESTS: FORMER MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR MITT ROMNEY (R); REP. JOHN ADLER (D-NJ); REP. JASON ALTMIRE (D-PA) MR. WALLACE: I'm Chris Wallace. ...

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Massa denies he sexually groped male staffer
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:14:28 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page

Former Rep. Eric Massa, who resigned from Congress amid sexual harassment allegations, offered contradictory explanations for his behavior Tuesday, acknowledging he groped a male staffer in a non-sexual way but later denying any groping.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,382
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:14:16 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page

As of Tuesday, March 9, 2010, at least 4,382 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Poll: Financially pinched, young adults lose faith
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:11:17 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page

The poll by Harvard's Institute of Politics found that six out of 10 of those surveyed worry they may not meet their current bills and obligations.

Aftermath of the Iraqi Elections
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:10:31 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page

What kind of coalition government will emerge from Iraq's March 7 national elections? Initial reports indicate Prime Minister Noori al-Maliki's supporters won a plurality of the vote , with former interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's "secular list" in second place.

40 death threats made against artist
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:09:42 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page

CONTROVERSIAL Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks has been under police protection for the past two-and-a-half years and around 40 death threats have been made against him.

The Carolinas news
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:09:35 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page

A federal study of a fire that killed nine S.C. firefighters almost three years ago is now expected in a few months.

The president who made his country a global mockery
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:09:30 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page

As predicted here, Obama's foreign policy has collapsed in total ignominy. We are now all very much less safe than we were before this man was elected to the White House.

Irish arrest 7 over threat to kill Swedish artist
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:08:36 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page

In this Monday, Oct. 1, 2007 file photo, Lars Vilks speaks in an interview with the Associated Press in Klippan, Sweden.

KBR and the Army : Rewarding Incompetence and Scandal
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:08:24 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page

KBR and the Army : Rewarding Incompetence and Scandal >> Posted By tdreyer 15 hours, 23 minutes ago in Political Opinion Despite its repeated scandals and economic malfeasance, the government has rewarded Houston-based defense contractor KBR with a new $2.8 billion contract.

Wrong Bill At The Wrong Time
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:07:11 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page

ObamaCare and the downfall of the Democratic Party. Even if Democrats extract the votes to put ObamaCare over the top, it will at best be a Pyrrhic victory for them.

Calling All Rebels - The Descent of the American Empire will be Horrifying...
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:06:14 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page

Calling All Rebels - The Descent of the American Empire will be Horrifying >> Posted By hyperbola 10 hours, 40 minutes ago in Religion There are no constraints left to halt America's slide into a totalitarian capitalism.

Massa denies he sexually groped male staffer - AP
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:01:00 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page

Eric Massa, who resigned from Congress amid sexual harassment allegations, offered contradictory explanations for his behavior Tuesday, acknowledging he groped a male staffer in a non-sexual way but later denying any groping.

Al-Qaida's Tactics "Have Become Clearer," Writes Lee Hamilton '52
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:42 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page

March 10, 2010, Greencastle, Ind. - Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, "We have fought, and continue to fight, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at enormous human and financial cost," writes veteran statesman Lee H. Hamilton.

Today in History - AP
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:59:46 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page

The Associated Press= Today is Wednesday, March 10, the 69th day of 2010. There are 296 days left in the year.

'You Lie!' Rep. Wilson in Campaign Filled with Intrigue, Shenanigans...
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:59:01 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page

Six months after Rep. Joe Wilson accused President Barack Obama of lying on national prime-time TV, his re-election bid against challenger Rob Miller has broken fund-raising records and brought unprecedented national scrutiny to their race.

Gates Visits Soldiers at Sharp End of Conflict
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:58:51 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page

A white-painted blast wall standing in front of the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry, headquarters here bearing the names of 22 fallen soldiers was a sobering reminder to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates of the cost of the war.

Oscar's big question: How did David slay Goliath?
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:58:20 GMT     Digg! Bookmark This Page

For Hollywood pundits, industry folk and Oscar fans still paying attention on Monday, a major question remained: How did David slay Goliath? For as much as "The Hurt Locker" was the critics' darling, it had three major strikes against it in its battle against the mighty James Cameron's "Avatar." First, the box office was paltry - it's taken in just ...




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The US troop surge, built up over the first half of 2007, saw the Americans directly and more proactively tackling the militant Islamist groups linked to al-Qaeda under the umbrella of the "Islamic State in Iraq". At the same time, a number of the more Iraqi nationalist insurgent groups, such as the 1920 Revolution Brigades and the Islamic Army in Iraq, turned against the al-Qaeda radicals and joined Sunni tribal leaders in urging their followers to join the Americans against them. The result: by the end of the year, around 80,000 Sunni youths were on the US payroll as local guards looking out for al-Qaeda infiltrators. This had a big effect in pacifying troubled Sunni areas such as Anbar province and parts of Baghdad.

But the campaign is unfinished, with frequent violence in areas to the north of the capital, and displaced Islamist radicals surfacing at Mosul in the far north too. Many of the Sunni vigilantes have Shia blood on their hands, and their emergence as virtual militias has raised fears of future sectarian battles if things go wrong. On the Shia side of the equation, the order given in August by the Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr to his Mehdi Army militia to halt hostilities for six months had a big effect in reducing violence.

That decision may have been influenced by Iran, which, also in August, promised Prime Minister Nouri Maliki that it would stop supporting Shia militias and put its weight behind the Baghdad government. Starting in March, Iranian and US officials held several rounds of direct talks on Iraq, a dialogue that is set to continue. US commanders have said there are signs of a drop in help from Iran for radical Iraqi militias, and also in the flow of Arab fighters coming across the border from Syria.

If the current signs of a slight thaw in Washington's relations with Tehran and Damascus are sustained in 2008, that would benefit Iraq. But it will not be an easy year. In the south, British forces have already handed over security control to Iraqis and taken up a background role, which will see UK forces cut by half to a mere 2,500 or so in the spring. In Basra and elsewhere, much power remains in the hands of Shia militias vying for supremacy and control of oil resources.

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The state faces a tough struggle to impose its authority, which it must do if Iraq is to hold together. That highlights the weakness at the center. Politicians, divided largely on sectarian and ethnic lines, have so far failed to agree on a shared vision of the country's future shape, and to pass legislation to consolidate it. While the Iraqi army and police have been built up in numbers, there are doubts about whether they are up to filling the vacuum as US forces draw down. The police in particular are riddled with militia influence.

By July, the "surge" will be over. US troop levels will be back to the 130,000 or so who were there early in 2007, and pressure will be mounting for more to go home. This is another reason why 2008 will be a crunch year for Iraq - the year in which the balance will tilt one way or the other. Whichever way it goes, for better or for worse, Iraq will be a very different place in a year's time.

 

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