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US cannot beat Iraq insurgency: report
WASHINGTON, Nov 28: A US military report, published on Tuesday, warns that Al Qaeda is now fully entrenched in Iraq and acknowledges that American troops can no longer defeat the insurgency in Iraq.
The five-page US Marines report — written by Colonel Peter Devlin — is marked secret, for dissemination to US and allied troops in Iraq only.
The report, “State of the Insurgency in Al-Anbar,” focuses on conditions in the province that is home to 1.25 million Iraqis, most of whom live in violence-ridden towns such as Fallujah, Haditha, Hit, Qaim and Ramadi.
http://www.dawn.com/2006/11/29/top10.htm
The Washington Post, which attained a copy of the report, says that it depicts a “far bleaker” picture than US officials generally admit.
“The fundamental questions of lack of control, growth of the insurgency and criminality” remain the same, a US intelligence official told the Post while commenting on the report which was written in August.
The Marines report describes Iraq’s Sunni minority as “embroiled in a daily fight for survival,” fearful of “pogroms” by the Shiite majority and increasingly dependent on Al Qaeda in Iraq as its only hope against growing Iranian dominance across the capital.
WASHINGTON, Nov 28: A US military report, published on Tuesday, warns that Al Qaeda is now fully entrenched in Iraq and acknowledges that American troops can no longer defeat the insurgency in Iraq.
The five-page US Marines report — written by Colonel Peter Devlin — is marked secret, for dissemination to US and allied troops in Iraq only.
The report, “State of the Insurgency in Al-Anbar,” focuses on conditions in the province that is home to 1.25 million Iraqis, most of whom live in violence-ridden towns such as Fallujah, Haditha, Hit, Qaim and Ramadi.
http://www.dawn.com/2006/11/29/top10.htm
The Washington Post, which attained a copy of the report, says that it depicts a “far bleaker” picture than US officials generally admit.
“The fundamental questions of lack of control, growth of the insurgency and criminality” remain the same, a US intelligence official told the Post while commenting on the report which was written in August.
The Marines report describes Iraq’s Sunni minority as “embroiled in a daily fight for survival,” fearful of “pogroms” by the Shiite majority and increasingly dependent on Al Qaeda in Iraq as its only hope against growing Iranian dominance across the capital.
