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Commanders Say Push in Baghdad Is Short of Goal
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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The American assessment, completed in late May, found that American and Iraqi forces were able to "to protect the population" and "maintain physical influence over" only 146 of the 457 Baghdad neighborhoods. (article 1)
In the remaining 311 neighborhoods, troops have either not begun operations aimed at rooting out insurgents or still face " resistance according to the one-page assessment, which summarized reports from brigade and battalion commanders in Baghdad. (article 1)
The assessment offers the first comprehensive look at the progress of the effort to stabilize Baghdad with the heavy influx of additional troops. (article 1)
THE President Bush administration's invocation of South Korea as a model for the future of the U.S. military mission in Iraq is misleading in some ways. (article 5)
So far the results of the surge have been " small according to a senior U.S. commander in Baghdad, Army Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno. (article 5)
In September, Army Gen. David Petraeus is scheduled to present Congress with an assessment of progress in Iraq. (article 2)
Military officers in Baghdad and outside advisors working with Petraeus doubt that the three major goals set by U.S. officials for the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki will be achieved by then. (article 2)
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Baghdad, Iraqi, Iraq, military, Kurdish |
Source articles
- Commanders Say Push in Baghdad Is Short of Goal (nytimes.com, 06/04/2007, 707 words)
- Los Angeles Times (L.A. Times, 06/03/2007, 1058 words)
- General doubtful on assessment deadline (L.A. Times, 06/03/2007, 626 words)
- With Korea as Model, Bush Team Ponders Long Support Role in Iraq (nytimes.com, 06/03/2007, 1208 words)
- After the Surge (Washington Post, 06/03/2007, 624 words)
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