Cosmoline
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"The coalition did not act in Iraq because we had discovered dramatic new evidence of Iraq's pursuit of weapons of mass murder. We acted because we saw the evidence in a dramatic new light, through the prism of our experience on 9/11." Rumsfeld before the Senate armed services committee.
Some of the people attacking coalition forces are the criminal element.
Most of the attacks against coalition forces are not against heavily armed, hard targets like an armored column. The attacks are mostly against soft skinned convoy or patrol vehicles, or isolated soldiers, or easy sniper targets.
Rumsfeld: We do not know if Saddam is in fact dead. We are still looking into evidence and DNA to determine whether our strikes were effective in this capacity. If he is not dead we will find him. If he is dead we will find out. "We cannot be lulled to sleep by this guy's lack of life." We have a job to do and getting rid of Saddam and his influence is only one of many thing we've set out to accomplish in Iraq.
"Freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things," Rumsfeld said. "They're also free to live their lives and do wonderful things."