US officials say Iraq gripped by fear
Santa Cruz Sentinel
07/19/07
Iraq is a nation gripped by fear and struggling to meet security and political goals by September, U.S. officials said Thursday from Baghdad, dashing hopes in Congress that the country might turn a corner this summer. One general said not to expect a solid judgment on the U.S. troop buildup until November. ‘If there is one word, I would use to sum up the atmosphere in Iraq — on the streets, in the countryside, in the neighborhoods and at the national level — that word would be ‘fear,” Ryan Crocker, the U.S. ambassador, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee...
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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
07/19/07
Iraq is a nation gripped by fear and struggling to meet security and political goals by September, U.S. officials said Thursday from Baghdad, dashing hopes in Congress that the country might turn a corner this summer. One general said not to expect a solid judgment on the U.S. troop buildup until November. ‘If there is one word, I would use to sum up the atmosphere in Iraq — on the streets, in the countryside, in the neighborhoods and at the national level — that word would be ‘fear,” Ryan Crocker, the U.S. ambassador, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee...
http://tinyurl.com/2ejq4p
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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