| With less than 100 days to go before U.S.
authorities hand over sovereignty to an interim Iraqi
government, attacks throughout the country kill both Iraqi
civilians and occupation forces on a daily basis.
An emotional former President George H.W. Bush yesterday
defended his son's invasion of Iraq and lashed out at White
House critics.
In a speech to the National Petrochemical and Refiners
Association annual convention, the elder Bush said it is,
"deeply offensive and contemptible" to hear
"elites and intellectuals on the campaign trail"
dismiss progress in Iraq since last year's overthrow of Iraqi
leader Saddam Hussein.
Meanwhile, in and around Fallujah today, up to nine people
were killed, including five U.S. soldiers, in two separate
attacks.
Witnesses described scenes of horror after gunmen targeted
two civilian cars that residents said were carrying foreign
nationals. The cars were set on fire and the burnt bodies of the
occupants were dragged out, mutilated and dismembered by angry
crowds.
Reuters reports some body parts were pulled off and left
hanging from a pole, while two incinerated bodies were later
strung from a bridge over the road and left dangling there.
In a separate incident, five U.S. soldiers were killed when
their military vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device.
The number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq has now reached 600.
- Robert Fisk, chief Middle East correspondent for
the London Independent.
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