Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Bush was right about at least one thing

After U.S. troops killed Abu Musab al Zarqawi, President Bush began immediately to suppress expectations about the effect that his death would have on the violence in Iraq.

He hasn't been right about much, but he was right about that.

From Reuters:

The U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, said the death of al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in a U.S. airstrike last month had not improved security.

"In terms of the level of violence, it has not had any impact at this point. As you know, the level of violence is still quite high," he told the BBC in an interview.

A bomb in a crowded market in the Shi'ite district of Sadr City killed more than 60 on Saturday, the worst such attack in three months, despite a security crackdown in the capital.

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