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Situation In Iraq

Date: Sept. 25, 2006
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: National Security Defense Foreign Affairs


SITUATION IN IRAQ -- (House of Representatives - September 25, 2006)

(Ms. McCOLLUM of Minnesota asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.)

Ms. McCOLLUM of Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, the situation in Iraq is more deadly than ever before. During July and August, 6,600 Iraqi civilians were murdered by death squads, militias, and insurgents.

Today, it was reported that there are 23 armed and violent militias in Iraq, some with direct connections to the Iraqi Government officials and ministries. And we now know our own U.S. intelligence agencies are reporting that the Iraq war is fueling global terrorism, making America less safe. After nearly 3 1/2 years of the war in Iraq, nearly 2,700 American lives lost, our own independent government agencies are saying the incompetence of the Bush administration's Iraq policy is radicalizing and inspiring the creation of terrorists around the world.

Democrats are focused on fighting the war on terror, not creating terrorists. Democrats are focused on keeping America secure and bringing our troops home from Iraq safe and soon.

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