Bush Paints Rosy Picture of Iraq Situation

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November 13, 2004
Bush Paints Rosy Picture of Iraq Situation
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 3:49 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush painted a rosy picture of the situation in Iraq, claiming significant progress Saturday in the U.S. military's battle in an insurgent stronghold.

In his weekly radio address, Bush praised the assault on Fallujah, west of Baghdad. About 80 percent of the city was said to be under U.S. control, with insurgents pushed into a narrow corner. But the battle has claimed at least 24 American lives and wounded about 170 U.S. troops, and violence has now spread to other Sunni Muslim areas of Iraq.

The death toll includes two Marines killed by a homemade bomb Saturday southeast of Fallujah.

The American forces launched a major attack against insurgent holdouts in southern Fallujah, hoping to finish off resistance in the city. An Iraqi official estimated that about 1,000 insurgents had been killed so far in the weeklong offensive.

At the same time, a U.S. infantry battalion was diverted from Fallujah to the northern city of Mosul, where the regional governor said ``the betrayal of some police members'' had spawned an armed uprising in recent days. The fighting in Mosul has killed at least 10 Iraqi National Guards and one American soldier, the U.S. military said.

..more at AP

by the way, he can keep the rose colored glasses

And you didn't mind all the dead bodies piling up, you'd think the situation was pretty darned good, too.

Of course, if you had a shred of humanity, you'd think these atrocities merit a tribunal at The Hague.