PROSPECTS 2008: Iraqi politics to lag security gains

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  • Truces
  • Awakening movements
  • Sadrist movements
  • Iranian restraint
  • Turkish hesitancy
  • Counter-insurgency
  • Counter-insurgency doctrine
  • US 'surge'
  • Iraqi forces
  • Time bombs deferred
  • KRG expansion
  • Provincial elections
  • Formation of regions
  • Political deadlock
  • Lack of unity
  • Parliamentary weakness
  • Outlook
  • Insecurity across the south
  • Tensions in the north
  • Hard fighting in Baghdad
  • Political deadlock

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