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click here At a joint news conference with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe at Bush' s ranch, the president said Zawahri's videotape, which threatened attack s on the United States and Britain, made clear that Iraq is part of the war on terrorism. as I have told the American people, the people like Zawahri have a ideology that is dark, dim, backwards," Bush said. They have come up against a nation that will d efend itself." He added: "We will stay the course, we will complete the job in Iraq."
The mounting US toll in Iraq and deadly attacks in the last few days ha ve again raised questions on whether Washington has underestimated the s trength of the Iraqi insurgency. Twenty-eight American soldiers have been killed in the past four days, ma ny of them US Marines from an Ohio-based Marine Reserve unit near Clev eland. "The people of Brook Park (Ohio) and the family members of those who lost their life, I hope they can take comfort in the fact that millions of t heir fellow citizens pray for them. I hope they also take comfort in the understanding that the sacrifice was made in a noble cause," Bush said. A CBS News poll on Wednesday said 55 percent of Americans did not approve of the way Bush was handling the Iraq war, compared to 41 percent who a pproved. Forty-six percent of Americans believed Bush should decrease the number o f US troops there, and 59 percent said the war has not been worth the cost in lives and money. Bush said Zawahri and his followers want to drive the United States out o f the broader Middle East and spread their own ideology and "impose thei r dark vision on the world." And that's the clash of ideologies: freedom ver sus tyranny," he said. "We have had these kinds of clashes before and we have prevailed. We have prevailed because we adhere to a hopeful philosophy. And we have prevailed because we would not falter," he said. Bush said US troops would remain in Iraq until Iraqis are sufficiently trained to defend themselves, as usual giving no timetable for this othe r than to say troops would return as soon as possible.
US President George W Bush and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe ho ld a joint news conference on Bush's Central Texas ranch in Crawford, Te xas August 4, 2005. The president said Zawahri's videotape, which threat ened attacks on the United States and Britain, made clear that Iraq is p art of the war on terrorism.
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