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Politics : The American Spirit Vs. The Rightwing
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To: American Spirit who started this subject9/16/2004 3:52:20 PM
From: Suma  Read Replies (1) of 1904
 
IRAQ -- NIE ISSUES BLEAK ASSESSMENT: Senators from both parties, including the
two top Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, "accused the Bush
administration Wednesday of incompetence in its efforts to rebuild Iraq
(http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-09-15-sens-iraq_x.htm) and said
the United States could lose the war unless it improves security and gets more
money into the Iraqi economy." The criticism comes as The New York Times
reports, "A classified National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) prepared for
President Bush in late July spells out a dark assessment of prospects for Iraq
(http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/16/politics/16intel.html?pagewanted=1&hp) ." The
estimate "outlines three possibilities for Iraq through the end of 2005, with
the worst case being developments that could lead to civil war," according to
government officials. "The most favorable outcome described is an Iraq whose
stability would remain tenuous in political, economic and security terms." The
report's pessimistic conclusions were reached "even before the recent worsening
of the security situation in Iraq
(http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5973272/site/newsweek) , which has included a sharp
increase in attacks
(http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apmideast_story.asp?category=1107&slug=Iraq%20Insurgency)
on American troops and in deaths of Iraqi civilians as well as resistance
fighters."
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