FYI http://www.americanthinker.com/articles.php?article_id=5564

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What will the American people make of this effort to downplay such a significant victory? One would think that they would reward the Democrats for their loyalty by refusing to give them the responsibility for winning a war whose prospects for victory took such a large step forward yesterday.



Downplay the victory? Isn't just the new services.. Bush seems to do a pretty good job as well:

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Zarqawi is dead, but the difficult and necessary mission in Iraq continues. We can expect the terrorists and insurgents to carry on without him. We can expect the sectarian violence to continue.

President Bush, June 8th 2006



and since you brought up Haditha

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles.php?article_id=5566

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This time, I’m betting the consequences to the press which rushed to judgment will be more disastrous than it was to Dan Rather. I surely hope so.



Sure seems funny that if the whole story is bogus, along with other reports of abuse by military personnel, that:

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The U.S. military on Thursday ordered coalition troops in Iraq to undergo special training in ethics and "the values that separate us from our enemies" in the wake of the Haditha allegations.



Source: Fox News (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,197938,00.html)
Additional sources:
Washington Post
CBS News
And I'm sure you can find others to verify it's accuracy.

Cheers,
Brad

To be old and wise, you must first be young and stupid.