[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 120 (Wednesday, September 29, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H7738]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 THE SITUATION IN IRAQ IS GETTING WORSE

  (Mr. EMANUEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EMANUEL. Mr. Speaker, today the Washington Post quotes a former 
CIA official who said, ``People at the CIA are mad at the policy in 
Iraq because it's a disaster . . . The best we can hope for is a failed 
state hobbling along.'' But this view is widely shared in every branch 
of government. The State Department official warning to travelers from 
September 17, ``Iraq . . . remains very dangerous.''
  An army officer recently back from Iraq said, ``It is getting worse . 
. . They have infiltrators conducting attacks in the Green Zone. That 
was not the case a year ago.'' A National Intelligence Estimate from 
July said that among the three possible scenarios for Iraq, the best 
case was merely ``tenuous stability.'' A study by Kroll Security 
International shows that the number of daily attacks has increased from 
40 per day to around 70 each day. On Meet the Press, General Abizaid 
said, ``We will fight our way through the elections.'' ``Through,'' not 
up to the elections.
  And this weekend, Secretary of State Colin Powell said, ``Yes,'' Iraq 
is ``getting worse.'' It is getting worse, but we do not know it from 
the President's comments who says and sees Iraq as a success.
  The President of the proud of the fact that he does not read the 
newspapers. Can somebody please arrange a briefing for the President?

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