Many observers predict U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will face many obstacles during his term that have the potential to endanger the American reputation.

The Iraqi government and U.S. forces have been trying to track the resistance since 2004 and stop their attacks. While many think the resistance is no longer visible, others disagree.

The al-Basaer newspaper of the Association of Muslim Scholars carried an editorial Wednesday with the title "Is it time yet to hold Bush and Cheney responsible?"

The Sunni Al Basaer Newspaper said Wednesday that at the end of the fifth year of the occupation, U.S. promises haven't come true.

The Sunni Al Basaer newspaper Thursday criticized Iraq’s Kurds in an editorial.

The Kurdish Al Ahali Newspaper published an editorial on its front page outlining what issues the United States was ready to wage war over; the Sunni Al Basaer Newspaper published a critique of the war in Iraq in an editorial entitled "Occupation of Iraq: the absolute lying show."