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Harry Hope wrote:

> 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

Yes, looks like maybe he's hoping to declare victory and withdraw. Will
the people buy it? Probably, if the media don't make too much of the
fact that every month of 2007 has seen greater US casualties than the
same month of 2006. The decline in July and August is due to 120 degree
heat.

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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.
>
> "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."
>
> 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.
>
> 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