C.I.A. Report Suggests Iraqis Are Losing Faith in U.S. Efforts

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 United States-appointed Iraqi Governing Council.

"The trend lines are in the wrong direction. I haven't seen anything in any of the intelligence reports that offers a hard and fast recipe for how to turn things around."