Could have been battle jitters, too, Mary. No telling from here.

Let me just add to my long post above that if he says Iraq is now safe, to consider this story from today's Baghdad:

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb Wednesday outside the fortified enclave housing the headquarters of Iraq's interim government, killing at least 10 people, and gunmen in northern Iraq assassinated a provincial governor.

The bombing - which also wounded 40 people - was the worst attack in the capital since the United States transferred power to the Iraqis on June 28.


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