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how to pass a test by failing if we follow through with this logic..... Bush blames rise in Iraq violence on U.S. success - - - - - - - - - - - - By Pauline Jelinek Oct. 27, 2003 | WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush on Monday blamed rising violence in Iraq on U.S. progress being made there, saying coalition successes are making insurgents more desperate. Bush spoke only hours after bombings in postwar Baghdad killed dozens of people and after conferring at the White House with the top U.S. general and civilian official in Iraq. "The more progress we make on the ground, the more free the Iraqis become, the more electricity that's available, the more jobs are available, the more kids that are going to school, the more desperate these killers become," Bush told reporters. Defense officials said loyalists of fallen Iraq leader Saddam Hussein likely were responsible for bombings Monday at three police stations and offices of the International Committee of the Red Cross and Sunday at a hotel filled with occupation officials. Today's Daypass sponsored by Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids The two days of violence represented a significant spike in violence -- a surge of attacks that showed some level of coordination, defense officials said. Bush met with civilian U.S. Iraqi administrator L. Paul Bremer, military commander Gen. John Abizaid and Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld in what officials said was a session scheduled before the latest outburst of violence. Bremer and Abizaid also were meeting at the Pentagon with Rumsfeld over the next few days to focus on Iraq strategy, defense officials said. Bush, sitting next to Bremer in the Oval Office, said those who are continuing to engage in violence "can't stand the thought of a free society. They hate freedom. They love terror. They love to try to create fear and chaos." But Bush said he remains "even more determined to work with the Iraqi people" to restore peace and civility to the wartorn nation. Said Bremer: "We'll have rough days ... but the overall thrust is in the right direction and the good days outnumber the bad days." A number of Iraqis were killed and captured in the attacks and in raids and other continuing operations by coalition forces over the weekend, one defense official said. He said he didn't know the number and had no other details. As they have said following previous attacks, U.S. officials vowed that the newest wave of violence will not deter them from their aim of stabilizing the country, systematically rooting out remnants of the former regime and training Iraqis to take over responsibility for security. The commander in northern Iraq said that since Sept. 10, his forces have conducted offensive raids and other missions that netted the capture of 123 mid-level former regime members, 43 explosives makers and six financiers. The commander, Maj Gen. Ray Odierno, said they also have seized $1.5 million suspected of being used to finance attacks on coalition forces, and massive weapons caches. Commanders have noticed that more attacks are being launched from a distance, said Odierno, head of the 4th Infantry Division. That is probably because attackers realize they will suffer more casualties if they come in direct contact with coalition troops, he said. Because fewer people are willing to participate in attacks, the price paid by organizers has increased significantly, he said. "What we've seen is more mortar attacks and more improvised explosive devices," he said, adding that in his area north of Baghdad there haven't yet been any car bombs. "But I suspect that that's the next step." Commanders have reports that at the outset, people were paid $100 to conduct an attack against coalition forces and $500 if they succeeded, whereas they now get somewhere between $1,000 and $2,000 for an attack and $3,000 to $5,000 for a successful one. Echoing Bush's theme, Odierno said the reason for the attacks is insurgents "want to get as much attention as they can and they're becoming more and more desperate each day." Commanders see no indications -- and have gotten no information from detainees -- leading them to believe foreign fighters have linked with former regime loyalists. "But I believe there'll be a time, when they become more and more desperate, that the regime loyalists will look to go to foreign fighters and try to integrate with them," he said. "In fact, we do believe that, because of some of the money that we have captured, that there are some problems with paying potential foreign fighters, and that's why maybe we have not seen them yet, because they cannot pay them the money they need in order to conduct their operations," he said. Bush insisted anew that he would veto an overall Iraqi aid package if the Iraqi reconstruction money were to be structured as a loan. Last week, the White House threatened to veto the overall $87 billion aid package for Iraq and Afghanistan if any of the Iraqi reconstruction money was structured as a loan. --------------------- - BACK TO INDEX - REPLY - QUOTE - EDIT - DELETE -

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