WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush will ask a highly skeptical Congress for support for his plan to increase U.S. troop levels in Iraq when he delivers his State of the Union speech on Tuesday night, the White House said. "For the safety of our people, America must succeed in Iraq, and the president believes his new Iraq plan is the best way to succeed," the White House said in a preview of the speech.
Children stand in the compound of a relative's residence, at which they are now staying after their families left their homes in Baghdad for Arbil, about 350 km (220 miles) north of Baghdad, January 19, 2007. Tens of thousands of people have fled Baghdad, the epicentre of violence in Iraq. The United Nations, launching an appeal for aid for Iraqis who have fled their homes or left the country, said this month about one in eight Iraqis is now displaced. Many, including non-Kurds, have taken refuge in Kurdistan -- a largely autonomous region in the northern mountains that has been a haven from attacks plaguing other areas since the U.S. invasion of 2003. Picture taken January 19, 2007. To match feature MIGRATION-IRAQ/ARBIL.
