Stay the course? We are LOSING!!!!!!

"The reports follow an admission by U.S. central command chief Gen. John Abizaid that there are more areas in Iraq under rebel control today than there were last year."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=655&e=3&u=/oneworld/20040910/wl_ oneworld/6573937651094806675

"More than 60 people were reported killed, most of them in Tal Afar, one of several cities which American officials acknowledged this week had fallen under insurgent control despite the restoration of Iraqi sovereignty on June 28."
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=11331

"Iraqi insurgents fought U.S. troops at two mosques in Fallujah and held sway over all or part of three southern cities in the worst chaos and violence since Baghdad fell a year ago Friday."
http://www.dailytexanonline.com/news/2004/04/09/WorldNation/Militiamen.Take.Full .Control.Of.2.Iraq.Cities-656552.shtml

"Insurgents control large parts of Iraq"
http://www.cortexity.com:8080/blog/2004/08/20/1093028727000.html

"In Iraq, the list of places from which American soldiers have either withdrawn or decided to visit only rarely is growing: Falluja, where a Taliban-like regime has imposed a rigid theocracy; Ramadi, where the Sunni insurgents appear to have the run of the city; and the holy Shiite cities of Karbala and Najaf to the south, where the Americans agreed last month to keep their distance from the sacred shrines of Ali and Hussein."
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/05/weekinreview/05filk.html


"In recent months, much of the rest of the surrounding area, Anbar Province, has slipped away from American control. Insurgents roam freely in the provincial capital, Ramadi, and the Americans appear to have abandoned a permanent presence inside the city."
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/05/weekinreview/05filk.html