The Surge Still Awesome?

Hearts and Minds cable "journalists"! Hearts and minds! It's 1,773 violent deaths in one city, in August heat! Let's get those looks of gravely concerned journamalistic reportage on and give the sheeple..er.. folks the story. Then go on to a heartfelt interview with Federline or Tiger Woods. Here's Greatscat:

Teh Surge is Awesome!
BAGHDAD -- Bombings, sectarian slayings and other violence related to the war killed at least 1,773 Iraqi civilians in August, the second month in a row that civilian deaths have risen, according to government figures obtained Friday.In July, the civilian death toll was 1,753, and in June it was 1,227. The numbers are based on morgue, hospital and police records and come from officials in the ministries of Health, Defense and the Interior. The statistics appear to indicate that President Bush's increase in troops this year has done little to rein in civilian bloodshed, despite U.S. military statements to the contrary.Military officials continue to say the surge is working because civilian deaths are down. There was a time that they did not count people who had died in suicide blasts, so perhaps now they are no longer counting dead people. -Diane

It read that the senators whose plane had to take evassive action to keep from getting shot down when it took off yesterday still say the surge is teh awesome.
Of course they also knew before they went what their script said. Lucky for them they lived to stick to the script.

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That September Report From General Petraeus

Polling says most Americans don't believe it already(especially when the White House already admiited they'd be writing it).;
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"A majority of americans don't trust the upcoming report by the army's top commander in iraq on the progress of the war and even if they did, it wouldn't change their mind, according to a new poll."

Start at Skippy's.

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More US Soldiers killed in Iraq

Speaking of Iraq nine US soldiers killed there today(so far). Oh, and scores of Iraqs(as always).

BAGHDAD - A car bomb exploded Saturday in the Shiite holy city of Karbala as the streets were packed with people heading for evening prayers, killing at least 58 and wounding scores near some of the country's most sacred shrines. Separately, the U.S. military announced the deaths of nine American troops, including three killed Saturday in a single roadside bombing outside Baghdad....

Ten more Americans Blown Away in Bushopotamia on Monday

Jeeesus! Mission accomplished yet dubya? No light at the end of the tunnel? I'm sure Halliburten's move to tax free Dubai with their blood money is still going well.

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Attack in Diyala province comes same day 5 other explosions kill 46

The names of the soldiers who were killed are being held pending notification of their families. All were members of Task Force Lightning.
Suicide bombers attacked five other locations in Iraq on Monday, killing 46 people and wounding more than 100, officials said as the U.S. ambassador stopped short of saying construction on a controversial wall in Baghdad would be halted.
The deadliest suicide attack occurred near a restaurant on a highway close to Ramadi, 70 miles west of Baghdad, killing at least 19 people and wounding 35, said Ramadi police Maj. Fuad al-Asafia.