Bush predicts bloody summer in Iraq

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Bush predicts bloody summer in Iraq

By Steve Holland 50 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush on Thursday predicted a bloody summer in Iraq for U.S. troops and Iraqi civilians, saying he expected insurgents and al Qaeda to step up attacks to try to influence the U.S. debate over how long to stay in Iraq.

The U.S. House of Representatives broke a four-month deadlock with Bush on Thursday night and approved $100 billion in new funds for the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan without a timetable for withdrawing combat troops. The bill now goes to the Senate for expected approval this week.

Despite the deployment of tens of thousands of U.S. and Iraqi troops in a major U.S.-led security crackdown, attacks have continued unabated.

On Thursday, a suicide car bomber killed 27 mourners at a funeral in Falluja, west of Baghdad. And, in Baghdad, gunmen shot dead all 11 passengers in a minibus in the mainly Shi'ite Husseiniya district.

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[uppityperson]

1. so let's give them more money! shame on them

[TwilightGardener]

2. Hey, I predict that too! Can I be pretzeldent?

[HCE SuiGeneris]

4. First test -- can you say nookyoulur?

[TwilightGardener]

6. That's it, I'm forming an exploratory committee!

[David Zephyr]

3. "It's going to be a bloody summer in Iraq. Now, watch this drive." GW Bush

[Breeze54]

5. That sums it up to a T...

No pun intended. :P

What a fucking asshole!! :grr:

edited to add an o

[Solly Mack]

7. Bush defines death as success

[mmonk]

8. If my extended family member is killed, I intend

to confront those who want this war for profit. I want them to call me a crazy liberal to my face.

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. He'll be disappointed if it isn't.

After all, he's war president.