Real victory in Iraq unlikely soon, analysts say
Analysts say any victory over Saddam Hussein will not be declared while Iraq remains unstable and weapons concerns persist. They note long-term aims include a democratic government and regional stability, limiting the scope for quick triumph after Baghdad’s fall.
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Saddam Hussein
Saddam
Iraq
Bush
Michael Donovan
Center For Defense Information
Donovan
Donnelly
Baghdad
Dick Cheney
U.S
Brookings Institution
Philip Gordon
Iraq Population and Religion Snapshot in Answer
Eighty percent of Iraq's 24 million people are Arabs with most of the remainder being Kurds. By religion nearly all are Muslim with a tiny Christian minority the Chaldeans. About 55 percent are Shiite and 40 percent Sunni. The government is Sunni controlled and many Sunnis are related by clan. Shiite and Kurdish rebellions have been brutally suppressed in 20 years.
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Iraq
Security costs force tight budgets across states and cities
The rising expense of homeland security amid wartime strains budgets at all levels. Cities and states report tens of millions weekly, with officials urging federal funds and faster reimbursements as New York and other leaders clash over funding shares. Nationwide city costs run about 21.4 million weekly, with total city costs possibly 70 million.
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Connecticut
National Guard
Arizona
U.S
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Baltimore
Martin O’malley
New York
George Pataki
New York City
Mike Bloomberg
Congress
Homeland Security
Tom Ridge
Wisconsin
Emergency Management
Ed Gleason
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Humanity persists amid war's devastation and danger
Amid cannon fire and ruin, acts of compassion endure. An American nurse tends Iraqi soldiers aboard a U S hospital ship and crises spark humanity across battle lines. Veterans recount flags of kindness from Civil War exchanges to modern rescue efforts and civilians aiding the wounded.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican Guard
Kuwait
Baghdad
Thomas Donnelly
American Enterprise Institute
Associated Press
U.S
Kimberlee Flannery
Chillicote
Ohio
USS Comfort
Jessica_ Lynch
Daniel Kuehl
National Defense University
Somalia
Black Hawk
Basra
Kuehl
Lance Cpl
Marcco Ware
Los Angeles
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