Is It Time to Change Course in Iraq after All?
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 19 October 2006
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Despite joint efforts by US and Iraqi forces, violence in Baghdad is on the increase, and there’s growing impatience with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. We get the latest from Baghdad and a talk with Iraq’s Ambassador to the UN. What about a phased withdrawal or asking Iran and Syria to help restore order? Plus, GOP approval ratings fall to dangerous levels, and feeding North Korea--in the midst of sanctions.
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| 0:00.0 | From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point. |
| 0:07.6 | Is it time to change the course in Iraq, after all? |
| 0:14.3 | Hello again, I'm Orman Alney, and this is To the Point. |
| 0:16.7 | From Public Radio International, a daily look at the issues, Americans care about most. |
| 0:20.6 | U.S. commanders say violence in Baghdad has increased, despite daily look at the issues. Americans care about most. U.S. commanders |
| 0:21.3 | say violence in Baghdad has increased, despite joint efforts with the Iraqi government, |
| 0:25.7 | Operation Together Forward will be revised. This may become the worst month for American casualties |
| 0:30.9 | in two years, and increasing numbers of Republicans say it's time for a change. On to the point, |
| 0:36.6 | we'll get an update from Baghdad |
| 0:37.9 | on increased violence and U.S. impatience with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. We'll hear from |
| 0:43.5 | Iraq's ambassador to the U.N. about his government's plans to disarm sectarian militias |
| 0:49.0 | and stop the death squads. Should Syria and Iran be asked to help restore order is a time for a phased withdrawal? |
| 0:56.0 | First, here's the news. |
| 0:58.0 | Support for To the Point comes from subscribers of KCRW Santa Monica and from the Public Radio International Program Fund, |
| 1:05.0 | whose contributors include the Ford Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. |
| 1:11.1 | Hello again. Mormon-Aalny, back with To the Point. Despite joint efforts by the U.S. |
| 1:14.7 | in Iraqi forces, violence in Baghdad is on the increase, and there's growing impatience |
| 1:19.0 | with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. On To the Point, the latest from Baghdad in a talk |
| 1:23.8 | with Iraq's ambassador to the UN, what about a phased withdrawal or asking Iran and Syria to help restore order? |
| 1:31.4 | First, this news update. Some Republicans have been skeptical of public opinion polls from the New York Times and Gallup, |
| 1:36.8 | but now the Wall Street Journal's latest survey shows President Bush and his party in worse shape than the Democrats were when they lost control of Capitol Hill in 1994. |
| 1:45.7 | Jackie Collins, is chief political reporter for the Wall Street Journal. Jackie, thanks for joining us. |
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