so it's 'our catastrophe' now? what changed?

Baghdad Governor Slain by Insurgents (washingtonpost.com): "'The war's worse, the insurgency's worse,' said a senior U.S. Embassy official in Baghdad, who spoke on condition of anonymity in order to talk candidly. 'This is not going to be a short fight. Nobody should think it is.'

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More than three months ago, interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi asserted during a visit to Washington that 15 of Iraq's 18 provinces were stable and largely peaceful. Now, in interviews, he routinely refers to the situation as "our catastrophe.""