Jimmy's Corner

It seems like these people live in their own worlds. While Bush is focusing on Iraq "positives and improvements", Defence Secretary John Reid praises the Iraqi security forces. Yet, the blow from the real-world Iraq comes as follows:

As Iraqis marked the three-year anniversary there were at least two fatal roadside bombings.

One killed at least four security guards near the town of Musayyib, south of Baghdad. The other killed two police commandos and two other people in the Baghdad neighbourhood of Karrada.

At least another nine bodies were also found, in the capital and elsewhere, most showing signs of torture and believed to be victims of sectarian attacks. BBC News

Mr. Bush forgot all about the sectarian violence in Iraq, and that he already lost 2300 American young man in a war they should not have fought. All the president cares about now is to raise domestic support for the war.

And as a celebration of the third anniversary of war on Iraq, I would like to remind Mr. Bush that the COST OF WAR is:

• Iraqi civilians killed: 32,600-35,700 on 1 March. Police: 1,900. Source: Iraq Body Count campaign group
• US soldiers killed: More than 2,300
• Other armed forces killed: 205 (103 of whom British)
• US forces now in Iraq: 138,000 (UK: 7,800)
• Iraqi forces: 235,000 Source: UK defence ministry
• Oil production: 1.8m barrels a day. Pre-war: 2.5m
• Iraq funding needed to 2007: $55bn (UN+US estimates). Pledged: $38bn
• Cost of war to US taxpayer: $248bn. Source: National Priorities Project based on congressional appropriations

Sources: BBC News