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Wednesday, September 01, 2004 Update on Iraq US troops are still dying, civilians are still dying, the insurgency is still active, Iraq is still in upheaval. Two months after the U.S. handed sovereignty back to Iraq amid hopes of reduced violence, more than 110 U.S. troops have been killed and much of the country remains hostile territory. The toll of U.S. dead since the war began last year is fast approaching 1,000. -clip- In August so far, 63 U.S. troops have died, and 54 died in July, the first complete month after the hand-over of power. In June, 42 American troops died, according to Associated Press and the Pentagon. Neither July nor August come close to the death tolls of April and May — 135 and 80 troops, respectively. Still, July and August rank among the deadliest months for U.S. forces in Iraq this year. Overall, 974 U.S. troops had died in Iraq as of Monday, the vast majority — 836 — since President Bush declared an end to major combat May 1 of last year, the Pentagon said. About 6,500 have been wounded. Since January, the majority of attacks on U.S. forces have come in the form of "indirect fire" — such as mortar and rocket strikes — along with homemade roadside bombs. There is no reliable accounting of Iraqi civilian deaths, but some rough calculations top 10,000. The number of Iraqi military dead is in the 5,000 to 6,000 range, according to think-tank estimates cited by Reuters. Remember this when Bush claims Iraq as a "success" in the war on terror. Or was that "catastrophic success"? posted by chris at 11:38 AM   ------------------ Tuesday, August 31, 2004 Bush? Inarticulate? Nooooo. One day after saying the war on terror could not be won, President Bush on Tuesday sought to calm a political storm by asserting he had been less than articulate and that America would prevail. -clip- "Listen, I should have made my point more clear about what I meant. What I meant was, was that this is not a conventional war. It is a different kind of war," the president said on Limbaugh's nationally syndicated radio program. "I probably needed to be a little more articulate." Yeah, what part of "I don't think you can win it" didn't you understand? Story. posted by chris at 5:55 PM   ------------------ Monday, August 30, 2004 What was all that about "winning the war on terror"? When asked “Can we win?” the war on terror, Bush said, “I don’t think you can win it. But I think you can create conditions so that the — those who use terror as a tool are — less acceptable in parts of the world.” Story,via TPM. UPDATE: But just last month, he sure seemed a lot more sure: "We have a clear vision on how to win the war on terror and bring peace to the world." What a difference a month makes... posted by chris at 1:34 PM   ------------------

    

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