An Iraqi boy mounts a pile of burnt books amid the rubble of Baghdad's oldest book market, ripped by a car bomb attack. At least 100 Shiite pilgrims walking to the shrine city of Karbalawere were killed and more than 200 wounded on Tuesday.(Xinhua/AFP Photo) Photo Gallery >>>

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    WASHINGTON, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Only 28 percent of Americans think their country will probably or definitely win the war in Iraq, down from 35 percent in December, and the lowest since the question was first asked in September 2005, a poll published on Tuesday showed.

    The share of people who now call the war a mistake is 59 percent, the same as September 2005 and the highest level in the 58 times the question has been asked since the war began, according to the USA Today/Gallup poll, which was conducted from last Thursday through Saturday.

    U.S. Democrats alter plan to restrict Iraq war

    WASHINGTON, Mar. 6 (Xinhua) -- Senior U.S. House Democrats, seeking to placate members of their party from Republican-leaning districts, are pushing a plan that would place restrictions on President George W. Bush's ability to wage the war in Iraq but would allow him to waive them if he publicly justifies his position, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.

    Under the proposal, Bush would also have to set a date to begin troop withdrawals if the Iraqi government fails to meet benchmarks aimed at stabilizing the country that the president laid out in January.