Pentagon gives gloomy Iraq report
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Sectarian violence is spreading in Iraq and the security problems have become more complex than at any time since the U.S. invasion in 2003, a Pentagon report said Friday.
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A new White House report on Iraq shows slim progress, moving just one political and security goal into the satisfactory column: de-Baathification
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A new US report Thursday painted a bleak picture of progress by Iraq&#39;s government, heaping pressure on President George W. Bush as the House of Representatives voted again to bring troops home.
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The Iraqi government has made mixed progress in meeting political and security goals, a U.S. official said on Thursday citing a report that may add to rising calls for a change of course in the unpopular war.
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The war in Iraq has pushed aging U.S. Army payroll systems past their breaking point, leading to widespread payroll problems for reservists, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report.
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Violence and infighting among Shi'ites in Basra are a warning that a last ditch U.S. plan to improve security in Iraq is badly flawed, a think-tank said in a report.
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While a new intelligence estimate offers a gloomy assessment of Iraq&#39;s future, President Bush talks instead about brighter days ahead under
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A U.S. intelligence report prepared  for President Bush in July offered a gloomy outlook for Iraq  through the end of 2005, with the worst scenario being a  deterioration into civil war, a U.S. government official said  on Thursday.
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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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A report due out today from the chief U.S. weapons inspector for Iraq is expected to undercut a key part of the rationale for war.
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A new National Intelligence Estimate paints a grim view of the violence and political situation facing the United States in Iraq
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U.S. intelligence experts painted a gloomy picture of Iraq, saying in a report seen on Friday that sectarian bloodshed had surpassed the threat from al Qaeda and warning of the consequences of a rapid U.S. withdrawal.
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A U.S. intelligence report before  the Iraq war warned that an American invasion could lead to  rogue elements fighting the new Iraqi government and U.S.  forces, sources familiar with the report said on Tuesday.
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President Bush is expected to hear deep concerns Friday from top Pentagon generals about continuing the military buildup in Iraq, as yet another grim independent report emerges finding lack of progress in the conflict.
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The latest Pentagon report on Iraq says the situation is continuing to improve but the handover is lagging.
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The war in Iraq has become a "cause celebre" for Islamic extremists, breeding deep resentment of the U.S. that probably will get worse before it gets better, federal intelligence analysts conclude in a report at odds with President Bush's portrayal of a world growing safer.
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Ryan C. Crocker laid out a grim forecast of what could happen if American forces were pulled back or even withdrawn from Iraq.