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In a Country of Chaos
Post-Saddam Iraq is a place where children play on tanks with live ammunition, city water is often unsafe and surgeons sometimes have to operate by the light of cigarette lighters

Iraqi women waiting in line for propane clash with American soldiers. A desperate crowd of thousands became unruly during a propane distribution in Sadr City, an anti-American area of Baghdad. For weeks after the war, U.S. soldiers were not able to patrol the streets or distribute supplies to civilians here because of the danger

Looking for Mr. Right

Maliki's Last Stand?
The prime minister makes a new call to curb violence, but Iraqis' patience with him and his government is wearing thin

What a Surge Really Means
Can a couple more divisions in Iraq make a difference? Or is Bush's idea too little, too late?

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