Hundreds killed in Iraq, says US
Found on BBC News on Sunday, 11 April 2004
US-led forces in Iraq have issued new casualty figures confirming that the country has seen the bloodiest period of fighting since Saddam Hussein fell.
US Brig Gen Mark Kimmitt said about 70 coalition troops had been killed in Iraq since 1 April, while casualties among insurgents were 10 times as high.
President Bush, speaking after talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, told reporters: "The situation in Iraq has improved. But... it was a tough week, because there was lawlessness and gangs that were trying to take the law in their own hands."
Didn't Dubya say freeing Iraq will only take a few weeks last year? If the US doesn't watch out, this will be their second Vietnam. There's a point where military power doesn't pay anymore.