IRAQ

Sidney Morning Herald: Bush may have to cut and run

After yet another bloody day in Iraq, US President George Bush dropped
his enthusiastic message that the latest wave of attacks was evidence of
just how much "progress" was being made in bringing freedom to the country.

Bush's Democratic opponents had been scathing when he proffered this
view on Monday following the death of nearly 40 Iraqis and one American in a
wave of suicide bombings that also left about 230 wounded. "If this is
progress, I don't know how much progress we can take," Senator Tom
Daschle retorted.