WTF Is It Now?!?

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"This is entirely a schedule dictated by Karl Rove"
From the NY Times: 'In the Bush administration, it is considered heresy to suggest postponing the planned return of sovereignty to Iraq. Turning over control by June 30, administration officials say, is crucial to assuaging Iraqi distress over living under American occupation.

'Yet in recent weeks, diplomats and even some in the administration have begun to worry that the date reflects more concern for American politics than Iraqi democracy.

'Many in the administration say that while they have no proof that the urgency to install a government is politically motivated, it feels to them like part of a White House plan to permit President Bush to run for re-election while taking credit for establishing self-rule in Iraq.'



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Another Bush abortion.

Two US soldiers were killed and one wounded at 10:30 this morning (2:30 a.m. EST) in a roadside blast near Khalidiyah, a military spokesman in Iraq said. At least one Iraqi was also killed.