Biden blames attack on Fallujah exiles [View All]

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http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2004/12/22bidenblamesatta.html

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"My guess is they had some inside help on this one," said Biden, noting the attacks also involved considerable planning. The attackers apparently knew where the mess tent was and coordinated the attack to hit it as lunch was being served, he said.

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"We are paying a very heavy price, and will for sometime, for the fundamental mistakes we made in strategy," he said. "We went in with too little force, too little legitimacy and too little training . I know I'm sounding like a broken record on this."

Biden, who was in Iraq earlier this month on a fact-finding trip, said the situation is much worse than the Bush administration has admitted.

However, he said elections must go forward next month. To postpone them at this late date would invite almost certain collapse.