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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch
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To: stockman_scott who wrote (30970)11/2/2003 8:26:53 PM
From: Rick Faurot  Read Replies (1) of 89467
 
U.S. Post-War Glow Dimmed by Growing Iraqi Violence
Sun November 2, 2003 06:40 PM ET
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By Randall Mikkelsen
CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - The triumphal post-war glow in which President Bush once taunted Iraqi militants by saying "bring them on" has faded to a grim determination against a resistance growing more deadly.
"It's getting worse, in the sense that, as today ... We've seen a much more sophisticated use of improvised explosive devices against coalition forces," the top U.S. civil administrator in Iraq, Paul Bremer, said on CNN's "Late Edition" on Sunday.
But the Bush administration vowed that it will not retreat, and Bush continues to cite his Iraq policy as an accomplishment despite accusations of a widening "credibility gap."
Bush was at his ranch in Texas on Sunday and made no comment after a guerrilla attack on a U.S. helicopter in Iraq killed 15 soldiers.
The attack was the single deadliest strike since the United States invaded Iraq in March to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. In two other incidents on Sunday, a U.S. soldier and two civilian contractors were killed, making the day's death toll the highest since Bush stood under a "mission accomplished" banner and declared major combat over on May 1.
The president's low profile on Sunday was in contrast to his defiance in July, when he said Americans occupying Iraq could handle attacks by resistance fighters.
"Bring them on. We have the force necessary to deal with the situation," he said in July.

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