2 US soldiers in Iraq killed Christmas day; Bush hopes to turn page in Iraq

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BAGHDAD - Two US soldiers were killed on Christmas in separate attacks in Baghdad, according to the US military.

The two were killed in separate roadside bomb attacks on their patrols.

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Bush hopes to turn page in Iraq, open new chapter in 2006

WASHINGTON - The last 12 months have brought notable progress for the United States in Iraq: January’s provisional voting, October’s new constitution and December’s elections.

Yet President George W. Bush and his Iraq policies are still plagued by a tough insurgency that has shown few signs of weakening, along with mounting domestic opposition to the war.

With the elections this month to set up a new parliament in Iraq and the continued buildup of Iraqi security forces, Bush is hopeful that 2006 could be a watershed year and mark a recovery from his bleakest year since taking office.

Bush has still been pressured to answer questions about the faulty intelligence that served as his chief justification for sending US forces to Iraq. For the first time since the March 2003 invasion, polls showed Americans no longer had faith in his approach to the conflict.

their loved ones were still alive.

has chimp said we are turning a corner of late?

A million times we've missed you,
a million times we've cried,
If love could have saved you,
You never would have died

Things we feel most deeply
Are the hardest things to say,
Our dearest one we loved you
In a very special way

We often sit and think of you,
And think of how you died
To think we couldn't say good-bye
before you closed your eyes

No one can know our loneliness,
and no one can see us weeping
All our tears from aching hearts
while others are sleeping

If we had one lifetime wish,
A dream that could come true
We'd pray to God, with all our hearts,
For yesterday and you.