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To: stockman_scott who wrote (31264)	11/12/2003 1:18:42 AM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Bush Sees 'Taliban-Style' Threat In Veteran's Day tribute, Bush says foreign jihadists and al-Qaida militants are joining with Saddam loyalists Apparently Bush has succeeded in uniting terrorist factions and increasing their numbers exponentially with his usual alacrity. President promotes Iraq strategy in Veterans Day tribute www.sfgate.com DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer Tuesday, November 11, 2003 (11-11) 12:25 PST WASHINGTON (AP) -- Foreign fighters who seek to install a Taliban-style government in Iraq are coordinating with Saddam Hussein loyalists to launch deadly attacks on U.S. troops, President Bush asserted Tuesday as he mourned rising casualties. Bush has previously accused the two groups of seeking to intimidate Americans in Iraq. But as explosions in Baghdad disrupted his Veterans Day tribute from afar, he accused them of conspiring with each other in the wave of attacks. "Over time, Baath Party and Fedayeen fighters and other Saddam loyalists have organized to attack our forces, to terrorize international aid workers and to murder innocent Iraqis," Bush told a supportive audience at the conservative Heritage Foundation. "Foreign jihadists have arrived across Iraq's borders in small groups with the goal of installing a Taliban-like regime," he said. Also in the mix, Bush maintained, are militants with al-Qaida and the affiliated Ansar al-Islam -- two groups "always eager to join in the killing and to seek revenge after their defeat in Afghanistan." "Saddam loyalists and foreign terrorists may have different long-term goals, but they share a near-term strategy: to terrorize Iraqis and to intimidate America and our allies," Bush said. "Recent reporting suggests that despite their differences, these killers are working together to spread chaos and terror and fear." While Bush was speaking, a series of strong explosions were heard in central Baghdad. Earlier Tuesday, an explosion on a road frequently used by British troops killed six civilians in southern Iraq. And another occurred as U.S. soldiers were escorting Iraqi prisoners from jail to a court, injuring two Iraqi policeman and two prisoners. Meanwhile, the top U.S. administrator in Iraq, L. Paul Bremer, was in Washington Tuesday for previously unscheduled consultations with Bush administration officials. "He's here consulting," was all White House spokesman Sean McCormack would say about Bremer's meetings with national security adviser Condoleezza Rice and others.