Insurgency in Iraq &#39;is worsening&#39;
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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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Trends in Iraq seem to be moving in two different directions these days. The guerrilla war between the United States and insurgents continues, with mounting clashes and casualties.
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_ Secretary of State Colin Powell sees the situation in Iraq ``getting worse&#39;&#39; as planned elections approach, and the top US military commander for Iraq says he expects more violence ahead.
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The fighting in Fallujah, and daily terrorist attacks by Saddam loyalists and Islamist extremists, paint a grim picture of today&#39;s Iraq.
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Overall violence continues to decline in Iraq, although the rate of decrease has slowed since September and a few indicators have actually gone up in recent weeks, according to U.S. military figures released yesterday by the White House.
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The United Nations, citing evidence of   severe torture, said Iraq had become deadlier than ever, as   local Iraqi forces took charge of a southern province from   departing Italian soldiers on Thursday.
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The vision of national reconciliation in Iraq is plagued by a tenacious insurgency and sectarian warfare, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told the United Nations Wednesday.
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Along with a recent spike in deadly violence in Iraq, a classified US government report paints a bleak picture of Iraq&#39;s immediate future.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 25 -- The Iraq insurgency has become financially self-sustaining, raising tens of millions of dollars a year from oil smuggling, kidnapping, counterfeiting, corrupt charities and other crimes, the New York Times reported in Sunday editions.
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The hostage crisis in Iraq has worsened with gunmen kidnapping two Italian women aid workers and two Iraqis from their offices in Baghdad.
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The number of attacks on U.S. and Iraqi  security forces has declined significantly in the five days  since millions of Iraqis braved threats to vote, the U.S.  military said Friday, but the insurgency remains dangerous.
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By key measures of the level of insurgent violence against American forces in Iraq - numbers of dead, wounded and insurgent attacks - the situation has grown worse since summer.
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The attacks, the most widespread in months, seemed to demonstrate the growing power of the insurgency across the country.
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The situation for Iraqi children is getting worse and, in some respects, was better before the war began, a senior U.N. official said Monday.
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It was one of the most violent days in recent weeks even as Iraqi forces stepped up operations against insurgents.
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Intelligence reports written before the Iraq war warned an invasion could lead to insurgency, the New York Times reports.
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Sniping is proving a less successful method in counterinsurgency in Iraq than had been hoped.