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| Obama faces moment of truth with Ir |
| Obama faces moment of truth with Iraq election
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 3-March-2010
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President Barack Obama's vow to withdraw all U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the end of August will be tested this weekend as millions of Iraqis head to the polls to elect a new government.
While the United States has faced many critical junctures during the seven-year-old Iraq war, arguably the stakes have never been higher than they are now.
If the election goes well, U.S. soldiers can go home on schedule. But, if it triggers a repeat of the sectarian bloodletting that killed tens of thousands of Iraqis in 2006-2007, Obama may be forced to rethink his timetable.
An eruption of violence that threatens Iraq's stability would also be an unwelcome distraction for Obama, who has declared that bringing down the United States' stubbornly high unemployment rate will be his top priority this year.
He left himself little wiggle room in his State of the Union address to the American people in January.
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