Article: The need for patience; Determining if the war effort in Iraq has been successful.(OPED)

Article: Fed: Aust war effort could have trade payoff - ...
AAP General News (Australia);  May 21, 2007 ;     666 words ... ... 05-21-2007 Fed: Aust war effort could have trade payoff - Iraq By Sandra O'Malley, Diplomatic ... just verbal gratitude from Iraq, hinting its war effort could have trade spin ... major trading partner with Iraq for years," he said ...

Article: Powell Expects Turkey to Back U.S. War Effort in ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  April 2, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... to back the U.S. war effort in neighboring Iraq by keeping its troops ... that borders not only Iraq but Iran and Syria ... allegedly hampering the war effort by smuggling weapons and military equipment into Iraq. Turkey is a longtime ...

Article: Bush Defends Iraq War Effort
AP Online;  August 28, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... major assessment of the war in Iraq, President Bush gave a ringing defense of the war effort Tuesday in a speech that sounded ... that has failed to deliver in Iraq, diverted attention from ... A change of course in Iraq is long overdue" and will ...

Article: Top U.S. general in Iraq candidate for NATO job Move would ...
International Herald Tribune;  January 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... 2008 Top U.S. general in Iraq candidate for NATO job Move would hurt war effort, experts say Byline: Michael ... the top American commander in Iraq, a high-level post during ... reducing the sectarian violence in Iraq, and some officials say that ...

Article: Some segments of voters growing skeptical of Iraq ...
AP Worldstream;  August 17, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... months of chaos and casualties in Iraq since Saddam Hussein's capture ... increasingly skeptical of the war effort, according to Associated Press ... reflect the difficulties in Iraq _ including a death toll nearing ... poll said they think the war in Iraq was the right thing to do ...

Article: Bush tells radio audience he sees progress in Iraq ...
AP Worldstream;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... who are leading the effort in Iraq, and in the troops under their ... presentation of the situation in Iraq is part of a renewed push by ... administration to win support for the war effort from an increasingly reluctant ... conflicts with the news from Iraq and some assessments from top ...

Article: Lawmakers want to expand Iraq war effort
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 15, 2003 ;     327 words ...TERROR / IRAQ BRIEFING Lawmakers want to expand Iraq war effort From Journal Sentinel wire reports Monday, December ... capture as an opportunity to internationalize the war effort in Iraq. Democrats and Republicans alike also cautioned that ...