As Americans watch John McCain talking about progress in Iraq on 60 Minutes, here is what the AP, a slightly more objective source, is reporting this weekend:
In the Shiite holy city of Najaf, the cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is urging followers to "concentrate their attacks on Americans rather than Iraqis."
A pickup truck loaded with artillery shells explodes near a hospital south of Baghdad, killing 15 people, wounding at least 26 and leaving a crater 10 feet wide.
The U.S. military announces the deaths of four American soldiers in an explosion near their vehicle northeast of Baghdad. "The province," AP reports "has seen a spike in attacks on U.S. and Iraqi forces since the start of a plan two months ago to pacify the capital. Officials believe militants have streamed out of Baghdad to invigorate the insurgency in areas just outside the city."
The death toll of Americans killed in Iraq has reached 3,274.
On our TV screens, Sen. McCain is asking a rhetorical question: "Should I look back in anger--or should I look forward and say, 'Let's support this new strategy, let's support this new general and let's give it everything we can to have it succeed'?"
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