FWD: Secret CIA report notes loss of Iraqi faith in U.S.

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Sun Nov 16 10:24:30 CST 2003


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Secret CIA report notes loss of Iraqi faith in U.S.
   Douglas Jehl NYT  Friday, November 14, 2003
WASHINGTON A bleak top-secret report by the Central Intelligence Agency 
suggests that the situation in Iraq is approaching a crucial turning point, 
with ordinary Iraqis losing faith in American-led occupation forces and in 
the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council.
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The report, sent to Washington on Monday by the CIA's Baghdad station chief, 
suggests that the situation is creating a more fertile environment for the 
anti-American insurgency.
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Officials said the report was adding to the sense of urgency behind the 
administration's reappraisal of its policies in Iraq.
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The officials said that the report, dated Nov. 10, had been explicitly 
endorsed by L. Paul Bremer 3rd, the top American official in Iraq, and that 
the warnings it spelled out had been a factor behind Bremer's abrupt return 
to Washington for consultations this week.
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The CIA and the White House refused even to confirm the existence of the 
report, which was first disclosed by The Philadelphia Inquirer. But 
government officials outside those agencies said that its conclusions were 
among the darkest intelligence assessments distributed since the 
American-led invasion of Iraq in March.
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