The Basra attack came a day after 22 people were killed and about 100 others injured in a mortar attack on a US-run prison west of Baghdad.

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Maybe the bastard will win, but It ought to be over our dead bodies or at least despite our best efforts to defeat him.

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George W. Bush says he's been praying for fewer casualties in Iraq. How incredibly immense of the "bring it on" president.