Iraq casts darkening cloud over Bush administration

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Perhaps this was posted earlier but I missed it. I sure do love the headline.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050819/pl_afp/usiraq_050819174157;_ylt=Aj6I_eezOaDdA.O7FGWah46s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3OXIzMDMzBHNlYwM3MDM-
Iraq casts darkening cloud over Bush administration

Fri Aug 19, 1:41 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) - With the US death toll climbing, support at home plunging and a stalemate over a constitution stalling the political process, the Iraq war is casting a darkening cloud over George W. Bush's presidency.

The failure of Iraqi negotiators to nail down a charter by last Monday's deadline was only the latest bad news for Bush, who is under mounting pressure to set a timetable for withdrawing the 138,000 US troops in Iraq.

Signs of alarm are now starting to surface within Bush's Republican Party, which is fearful that discontent over the war could loosen, if not threaten, its solid hold over Congress in the November 2006 elections.

Party stalwarts such as Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska have become increasingly outspoken about the administration's policy of toughing it out against an insurgency raging 28 months after the overthrow of
Saddam Hussein.

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