Pentagon: Sectarian violence is now spreading beyond Baghdad
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-09-01-pentagon-iraq_x.htm?csp=34
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sectarian violence is spreading in Iraq
and the security problems have become more complex than at
any time since the U.S. invasion in 2003, a Pentagon report said Friday.
A growing number of members of Congress are calling for either
a shift in the Bush administration's Iraq strategy or a timetable for
beginning a substantial withdrawal of American forces.
Although administration officials say progress is being made in Iraq,
U.S. commanders have increased U.S. troop levels by about
13,000 over the past five weeks, to 140,000, mainly due to
increased violence in the Baghdad area.
In response to the Pentagon's report Friday, the Senate's
top Democrat, Harry Reid of Nevada, said it showed the
Bush administration is "increasingly disconnected from
the facts on the ground in Iraq."
"It is time for a new direction to end the war in Iraq,
win the war on terror, and give the American people the
real security they deserve," Reid said.
Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., who recently returned from a
visit to Iraq, said the report squared with what he saw there.
"Iraq is tipping toward civil war," Reed said.
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