] Iraq's deepening crisis has left the Bush administration ] with few options, and although the US has entrusted the ] United Nations with the task of finding a way towards ] political stability and elections, officials and analysts ] close to the White House admit that hopes of success are ] receding fast. ] ] Insiders describe a lack of direction and a prevailing ] sense of gloom and desperation in the administration. ] This gloom has only been intensified by the exposure of ] torture and sexual abuse of Iraqi prisoners. Is the US about to loose control of this completely? Capitualtion in Iraq? |