http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061018/ts_nm/iraq_dc_1[]
The U.S. military announced on Wednesday the deaths of 10 U.S. troops in
Iraq on Tuesday, an unusually bloody day for American soldiers battling sectarian violence and a Sunni Arab insurgency.
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At least 68 U.S. troops have been killed in October -- a pace, that if continues, would make it the deadliest month for U.S. forces since January 2005. At least 2,777 have died since the invasion in 2003.
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Cheney said yesterday we're doing "remarkably well" in Iraq.
Cheney: ‘General Overall Situation’ In Iraq Is Going ‘Remarkably Well’
Rush Limbaugh interviewed Vice President Cheney on his show today. At one point, Limbaugh asked Cheney to respond to growing frustration over U.S. efforts in Iraq.
Cheney acknowledged there is a “natural level of concern out there†because fighting didn’t end “instantaneously.†(Next month, the war will have lasted longer than U.S. fighting in World War II.) Cheney then pointed to various news items to paint a positive picture of conditions in Iraq and concluded, “If you look at the general overall situation, they’re doing remarkably well.â€
Full transcript:
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/17/cheney-rush/
