Outlook Remains Mixed About 'Mission' in Iraq; 3 Years After 'Accomplished' Declaration by Bush, Violence Hinders Progress

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BAGHDAD, Iraq - At the edge of a southern Iraqi city, a refugee family huddles in a tin shack, its hope of jobs and security gone. A northern businessman dreams of opening a store in Baghdad, but the violence puts him off. In the south, a young woman glances nervously around a crowded bus station, fearful a suicide bomb will steal her life even as she celebrates new freedoms.

Three years ago on Monday, aboard the USS Lincoln, "The tyrant has fallen and Iraq is free," President Bush declared, standing underneath a banner that was proclaiming: "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED."

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Outlook Remains Mixed About 'Mission' in Iraq; 3 Years After 'Accomplished' Declaration by Bush, Violence Hinders Progress

Those two words have lingered uneasily since. A look at Iraq today shows that despite progress toward democracy, billions spent on reconstruction and the best efforts of its own people an...

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