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Iraqi Problems That the Surge Isn’t Solving
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12-5-2007 4:03 PM
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/informedreader/2007/12/04/iraqi-problems-the-surge-isnt-solving/">Any gains in suppressing violence in Iraq have yet to be matched by the political progress necessary to make those changes lasting, writes Juan Cole in <A href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/12/04/iraq/">Salon</A>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/informedreader/2007/12/04/iraqi-problems-the-surge-isnt-solving/">Iraq remains home to one of the most violent civil conflicts in the world</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/informedreader/2007/12/04/iraqi-problems-the-surge-isnt-solving/">Iraqi government statistics show that deaths attributable to political violence in the past three months have averaged 700 per month.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/informedreader/2007/12/04/iraqi-problems-the-surge-isnt-solving/">The high level of violence and political problems mean that Iraq is still failing as a state, says Prof. Cole, and in danger of collapsing. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; 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