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To: KLP who wrote (77174)	9/4/2006 2:47:24 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

"Feel safer? By: Steve @ 10:16 AM - PDT Consider the headlines… * Terrorism prosecutions have fallen back to pre-9/11 levels. A new report notes, "In the eight months ending last May, Justice attorneys declined to prosecute more than nine out of every 10 terrorism cases sent to them by the FBI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies." * Attacks and civilian deaths in Iraq have risen sharply in recent months, with casualties increasing by 1,000 a month, and sectarian violence has engulfed larger areas of the country, the Pentagon said Friday in a strikingly dismal report to Congress. * The number of roadside bombs, sectarian attacks, and daily strikes have all gone up in Iraq, and a new NIE may be even more startling. * Ali al-Sistani has now "abandoned attempts to restrain his followers." * Despite the president’s audacious claim that the Taliban "is no longer is in existence," and the president’s allies who insist that "things are going swimmingly in Afghanistan," the reality is both of Bush’s wars are going in the wrong direction."

To: KLP who wrote (77174)	9/4/2006 2:55:32 PM
From: Orcastraiter	Respond to of 173976

and it addresses: ONE concrete start to finish program, including costs and consequences?

To: KLP who wrote (77174)	9/4/2006 3:32:42 PM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Bush yet again shows his brilliance and his past strategic analysis abilities Bush: Iraq Has Not Fallen Into Civil War The Associated Press Saturday 02 September 2006 Washington - A day after a Pentagon report described spreading sectarian violence and increasingly complex security problems in Iraq, President Bush painted a rosier picture. "Our commanders and diplomats on the ground believe that Iraq has not descended into a civil war," Bush said Saturday in his weekly radio address. "They report that only a small number of Iraqis are engaged in sectarian violence, while the overwhelming majority want peace and a normal life in a unified country." The president acknowledged "a bloody campaign of sectarian violence" and the "difficult and dangerous" work of trying to end it. On Friday, the Pentagon reported that death squads increasingly targeting mainly Iraqi civilians heighten the risk of civil war. The report, the latest in a series required by Congress, also said the Sunni-led insurgency "remains potent and viable." "Conditions that could lead to civil war exist in Iraq, specifically in and around Baghdad, and concern about civil war within the Iraqi civilian population has increased in recent months," the report said. A growing number of members of Congress are calling for either a shift in the Bush administration's Iraq strategy or a timetable for beginning a substantial withdrawal of American forces. But Bush, repeating nearly word-for-word the message of a speech earlier this week in Salt Lake City, said, "The security of the civilized world depends on victory in the war on terror, and that depends on victory in Iraq, so America will not leave until victory is achieved." He added, "The path to victory will be uphill and uneven, and it will require more patience and sacrifice from our nation." The president's radio remarks are part of a new White House offensive to build support for the Iraq war and for Republicans in the fall elections. This series of speeches was launched Thursday, with an address before an American Legion convention, and is to culminate Sept. 19 with remarks before the UN General Assembly. The next speech is set for Tuesday, when the White House is bringing representatives from countries that have suffered terrorist attacks to populate the audience and emphasize the global nature of the enemy. Bush often ticks off a list of recent attacks to demonstrate that the world should be united against Islamic militants who share a purpose, if not a common network. He often says various factions of terrorists - such as Sunnis who swear allegiance to al-Qaida, Shiites who support groups such as Hezbollah, and "homegrown" terrorists with local grievances - belong under the same umbrella, even though many terrorism experts disagree. The president plans to expand on this description Tuesday before the Military Officers Association of America, said White House spokeswoman Dana Perino. Bush will describe how Islamic militants think, what they have said about their aims and why the world should take them seriously, Perino said.