bush thinks it will get WORSE?!

Bush Warns of Upsurge of Violence in Iraq
WASHINGTON - President Bush on Wednesday warned there will be an upsurge in violence in Iraq before next month's voting, but said the terrorists will fail. "Our troops are ready," he said.

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Man, how much worse could it possibly get?! And "our troops are ready"?! Even though they obviously haven't been ready for the immense amount of violence that there has been lately?
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Iraq's First Female Suicide Bomber Strikes
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A woman strapped with explosives and disguised as a man blew herself up outside an Iraqi army recruiting center in a northern town Wednesday, killing at least six people and wounding 30 in the first known attack by a female suicide bomber in the country's bloody insurgency.

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