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Copy of May 6 Cable from Ambassador Khalilzad to Condi	jackreade	06/07/06
"Crime in Iraq is rated by the U.S. State Department as critical and will continue to get worse for the foreseeable future," the embassy in Baghdad reports in the cable, which was addressed to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice . "Crime, terrorism, and warfare are a significant threat in all parts of Iraq. Active military operations are ongoing. The Department of State continues to strongly warn U.S. citizens against travel to Iraq, which remains very dangerous. ****Remnants of the former regime, transnational terrorists, criminal elements and numerous insurgent groups remain active.*** "Attacks against military and civilian targets continue throughout the country, including inside the international zone. These attacks have resulted in deaths and injuries of American citizens. Planned and random killings are common as are kidnappings for ransom and political reasons." "Overall security in Iraq is worsening," the embassy reports....." edited for length only. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Three years after the invasion of Iraq, and this is the truth about what is going on inside Iraq. How can any sane person argue that the Iraq War has NOT been a collossal failure? A failure, in part, because of poor or no planning for after the highly tooted, "ahock and awe", the failure in not putting many more boots on the ground......
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paraclete		06/08/06
it's been a failure from the start, no dispute and whileever the US remains there the problem will contuinue. Why should Iraqi security forces die when they have teh US to do it for them?

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