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Harry Hope wrote:
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> From The Associated Press, 9/4/07:
> /articles/ap/2007/09/04/africa/
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> Bush calls Anbar province a success story for defeating insurgency
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> The Associated Press
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> AL-ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq:
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> "In Anbar you're seeing firsthand the dramatic differences that can
> come when the Iraqis are more secure," Bush told . troops, a
> friendly sea of soldiers and Marines dressed in camouflage uniforms.
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> "You see Sunnis who once fought side by side with al-Qaida against
> coalition troops now fighting side by side with coalition troops
> against al-Qaida."
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> Anbar, a desert province that starts at the western gates of Baghdad,
> "was once written off as lost. It is now one of the safest places in
> Iraq," the president said to loud cheers.
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> That assertion is part of Bush's push to sell Anbar as a success story
> and to hold it up to his congressional critics as a reason why the
> troop buildup should not be cut short.
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> What? No flight suit? Oh...wait...Turd Blossom's gone.
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> Harry

I guess he figured that marketplace in Baghdad wasn't safe enough...