Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 37 Iraq 37 Ryan Crocker 35 Abizaid 34 sectarian violence 33 Iraqi 32 Petraeus 32 State Condoleezza Rice 32 Iraqis 32 dawning 32 troop surge 31 glimmers 31 Anbar 31 Prime Minister Nouri al 31 nascent 31 troop buildup 31 awakening 31 rebirth 31 democratic 30 democracy 30 genuine 30 uprisings 30 John Negroponte 30 glimmer 30 National Intelligence Estimate 29 troop withdrawals 29 John Abizaid 29 Anbar province 29 Zebari 29 Saddam 28 Paul Bremer 28 Rumsfeld 28 President Jalal Talabani 28 combat brigades 28 Baghdad 28 Syria 28 Odierno 27 normality 27 al Maliki 27 civilization 27 democratization 27 perhaps 27 bipartisanship 27 David Petraeus 27 normalcy 27 Saddam Hussein regime 27 Shiite 27 apocalypse 27 Joseph Biden 27 vestiges 27 Sunni 27 US backed 26 optimistically 26 Najaf 26 flicker 26 Prime Minister Nuri al 26 Maliki 26 Shi'a 26 Shiite dominated 26 snapshot 26 Nicholas Burns 26 stabilizing 26 Brahimi 26 renaissance 26 embryonic 25 BAGHDAD Iraq 25 utopia 25 Negroponte 25 grim 25 fleeting 25 optimists 25 Khalilzad 25 Kurdish 25 sectarian 25 Shiites 25 Syrians 25 Allawi 25 beacon 25 Sunni Arab 25 resurgence 25 signs 25 phenomenon 25 frontier 25 epoch 25 Shi'ites 25 resurrection 25 euphoria 25 bellwether 24 defining moment 24 Sunnis 24 sobering 24 resilience 24 antidote 24 glories 24 fragile 24 BAGHDAD 24 Al Maliki 24 pessimists 24 cautious optimism 24 Sistani 24 indications 24 Crocker