Iraqi government fails US test
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Government fails to meet vast majority of political and military goals laid out by congress
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WASHINGTON - An important test of the United States&#39; emerging missile-defense system ended in an $85 million failure early Wednesday as an interceptor rocket failed to launch as scheduled from the Marshall Islands, the Pentagon said.
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A spokesman for Iraq&#39;s election commission yesterday rejected a suggestion from the Bush administration that it adjust the results of next month&#39;s vote
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The Iraqi government has failed to take the political and military steps needed to cut sectarian violence, a U.S. congressional report said on Tuesday and a U.S. general said the next months were critical for creating security in the country.
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An interceptor missile failed to launch early Wednesday in what was to have been the first full flight test of the US national missile defense system in nearly two years.
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Iraq has met only three of 18 targets being used to measure its progress, a US watchdog is said to have concluded.
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US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the United States faces a &quot;test of wills&quot; with insurgents in Iraq. During a previously unannounced visit, Mr.
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The measure does not set a timetable to withdraw U.S. troops but requires the Iraqi government to meet a series of benchmarks.
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The handover of control of Iraqi armed forces from the US-led coalition to the defence ministry is postponed again.
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Iraq&#39;s US-backed government said on Tuesday that &quot;major neglect&quot; by its American-led military allies led to a massacre of 49 army recruits at the weekend.
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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani rejected the Iraq Study Group's report Sunday, calling it "very dangerous" to Iraq's sovereignty and constitution.
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The US denies it gave permission for Turkish aircraft to carry out strikes against the PKK in northern Iraq.
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President Bush retains confidence in Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki despite the failure of the Shiite politician's signature effort to improve security in Iraq's bloody capital, the White House said as Bush prepared to host the new leader.
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The Iraqi government has failed to meet the vast majority of political and military goals laid out by lawmakers to assess President Bush's Iraq war strategy, congressional auditors have determined.
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Iraq has failed to meet all but three of 18 congressionally mandated benchmarks for political and military progress, according to a draft of a Government Accountability Office report. The document questions whether some aspects of a more positive assessment by the White House last month adequately reflected the range of views the GAO found within the administration.
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BAGHDAD: Iraq&#39;s interim Government has warned that US-backed elections due to be held in January are at risk because the United Nations has failed to assign enough officials to monitor the vote.
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President Jalal Talabani said today that the American program to train IraqÂs military and police, a cornerstone of the American enterprise in Iraq, was a failure.