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July 01, 2003

U.S. Finds Iraq War Far From Finished

U.S. Finds Iraq War Far From Finished

By Alissa J. Rubin
Times Staff Writer
June 29, 2003
Guerrilla-style attacks are growing. A military official vows to stay the course in quelling resistance and rebuilding the nation.

BAGHDAD -- Facing a marked increase in the frequency and brazenness of attacks on U.S.-led forces in Iraq in the last two weeks, military officials are for the first time speaking more openly about the potential for a long-term fight to quell the resistance to the American presence.

Although the term is rarely used at the Pentagon, from every description by military officials, what U.S. troops face on the ground in Iraq has all the markings of a guerrilla war — albeit one in which there are multiple opposition groups rather than a single movement.

The rising opposition could further hamper the civilian reconstruction and delay the military's exit from the country, according to military experts.

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None of the attacks are thought to be organized on a national or even a regional basis, but they don't need to be to achieve their goal of undermining the American-led coalition's effort to stabilize and rebuild the country.

"This is the danger of being an occupation force — you breed resentment the longer you stay," said the Cato Institute's Pena. "What we're seeing is just the tip of the iceberg."

"The natural tendency is to stay to fix the problem because after all we're Americans, we stay and fix the problems, but the reality is to accept that there are some things even superpowers can't do."

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