WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- The growing sentiment that the mission in Iraq has succeeded with the passage of a bilateral security accord with Washington is misplaced, a scholar says.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Israelis and Palestinians alike should be in no doubt. The new report on the Middle East from the Brookings Institution and the Council on Foreign Relations is no mere straw in the wind: It spells out in considerable detail what the Obama administration's strategy and priorities for Iran and the Israeli-Arab peace process are going to be.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- As the neoconservatives in and around the Bush administration celebrate their imagined "victory" in Iraq that has yet to be won, they also proclaim the downfall of Moqtada Sadr, leader of the Mehdi Army militia and staunch opponent of the American occupation.

BAGHDAD, March 20 (UPI) -- Experts say the joint U.S.-Iraqi security stations created as part of the latest Iraq security crackdown are being hindered by a lack of trust.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force is preparing for an expanded role in Iraq as an independent study says the United States should expect an Iraqi civil war.

WASHINGTON, April 2 (UPI) -- The UPI think tank wrap-up is a daily digest covering opinion pieces, reactions to recent news events and position statements released by various think tanks. This is the seventh of eight wrap-ups for April 2.

LOS ANGELES, March 25 (UPI) -- Crude prices fell 69 cents on the New York Mercantile Exchange Tuesday when reports of a civilian uprising against Saddam Hussein's security forces in the oil city of Basra was taken as a sign that the war in Iraq could be back on course toward a prompt c

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Capital Comment -- Daily news notes, political rumors, and important events that shape politics and public policy in Washington and the world from United Press International.

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