This is good news right? Let us look at the how the reporter saw it
- "tortured negotations"
- "Iraqi politicians, however, have been reporting they were near a deal for at least a month.
- "Insurgents, meanwhile, continued efforts"
BAGHDAD (AP) - The Shiite Muslim politician likely to be Iraq's next prime minister said Saturday the country's long-awaited government could be formed within days, an accomplishment that would mark the end of nearly two months of tortured negotiations after the nation's first free elections in a half-century.These three optimistic statements were introduced in the first four sentences -- have to love these feel good stories don't you.
Iraqi politicians, however, have been reporting they were near a deal for at least a month.
Insurgents, meanwhile, continued efforts to thwart political progress by blowing up a car Saturday near a U.S. military patrol in Baghdad, killing two American soldiers and wounding two others. A day earlier, the military said, a U.S. Marine died in action in Anbar province, the insurgent heartland stretching from west of Baghdad to the Jordanian and Syrian borders.
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