NUMBERS OFFER BLEAK STORY OF INSTABILITY ACROSS IRAQ.(MAIN)

Byline: JIM KRANE Associated Press

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Prime Minister Ayad Allawi and President Bush have declared that Iraq is on the road to stability, with the Iraqi leader saying elections would be possible in all but three or four of Iraq's 18 provinces.

But the map of Iraq is scarred with violence every day. The capital is wracked by kidnappings and bombings. And September is shaping up as one of the deadliest months for American soldiers.

Westerners are fleeing Iraq with reconstruction projects half-finished. Town markets sell grisly videos of beheadings. And U.S. troops grapple with an increasingly potent insurgency that appears to have little …