How Bush is Fueling the Insurgency, part deux

Not a coincidence, in my book:

TUESDAY, 9/13, 11:36 AM EST:

On Tuesday morning, just prior to a meeting with President Bush, Reuters released this news from Iraqi President Jalal Talabani:

President Jalal Talabani has suggested the United States could withdraw up to 50,000 troops from Iraq by the end of the year, in sharp contrast to previous assessments by the US military.

TUESDAY, 9/13, 1:02 PM EST:

On Tuesday afternoon, following this meeting with President Bush, Reuters released the news that Iraqi Puppet President Jalal Talabani amends his rash statement:

Talabani said on Tuesday that Iraq will not set a timetable for a withdrawal of U.S. troops, backing away from his published remarks that the United States could withdraw as many as 50,000 troops by the end of the year.

Talabani, speaking at a joint news conference after a meeting with President George W. Bush, said however he hoped that by the end of 2006, Iraqi security forces would be strong enough to start taking over from "many" U.S. troops.

WEDNESDAY, 9/14:

Within 24 hours, we hear the response from Iraq::

BAGHDAD, Iraq - More than a dozen explosions ripped through the Iraqi capital in rapid succession Wednesday, killing at least 152 people and wounding 542 in a series of attacks that began with a suicide car bombing that targeted laborers assembled to find work for the day. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility.

The death toll at hands of insurgents in the capital Wednesday far exceeds the carnage inflicted in any one day since the war began.