Rumsfeld suggests troop level reduction after election

[Roland99]

He also warns of increasing violence in the run-up to elections.

Right when:

Two car bombs in Baghdad kill at least 11
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6095119/

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two car bombs shook the capital in quick succession Sunday, killing at least 11 people, including an American soldier, and wounding 16, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. Another American was reported killed in action west of the capital.

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Rumsfeld suggests troop level reduction after election
"Our hope is that as we build up Iraqi forces we will be able to relieve the stress on our forces and see a reduction in coalition forces over some period of time, probably post-Iraqi election." Rumsfeld told Marines at Al Asad air field in Iraq's western desert Sunday morning. "But again, it will depend entirely on the security situation here in this country."

It was Rumsfeld's first visit here since the United States handed over authority to an interim Iraqi government June 28.

[madmom]

1. didn't he say,just yesterday, that

we might need more troops?WTF?

[Eye and Monkey]

2. Know those guys on the street? Follow the card, follow the card...

[Roland99]

3. The only words I'm waiting to hear from Rumsfeld are:

"I am submitting my resignation because I have been completely and utterly incompetent and my decisions have cost 1,064 Americans their lives."