Official: Report Says Baghdad Lagging

Official: Report Says Baghdad Lagging

www.guardian.co.uk

WASHINGTON (AP) - A progress report on Iraq will conclude that the U.S.-backed government in Baghdad has not met any of its targets for political, economic and other reform, speeding up the Bush administration's reckoning on what to do next, a U.S. official said Monday.

One likely result of the report will be a vastly accelerated debate among President Bush's top aides on withdrawing troops and scaling back the U.S. presence in Iraq.

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Who's surprised here?

Will the administration ignore this report?
What will they do next?

Cheney already met with the Iraqi Vice President about
ousting Maliki. We've overthrown their government once,
I guess we'll do it again. We'll get it right sooner or later.


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