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Bush reiterates commitment on Iraq

By Sridhar Krishnaswami

WASHINGTON, MAY 1. The United States President, George W. Bush, has not only defended his remarks made last year on May 1 that major combat operations were over in Iraq but has once again vowed to stay the course in the country.

Mr. Bush argued that in making the comments of the major combat being out of the way in Iraq, he had also stressed that there was "still difficult work ahead". The President addressed the subject of Iraq on Friday in an appearance with the Prime Minister of Canada, Paul Martin, and devoted his entire Saturday weekly radio address to the same subject.

Critics of the President at home and overseas have derided the President's comments last May and that too under a banner saying "mission accomplished".

The Bush administration, 12 months down the line, is finding that apart from the mission not being accomplished, the road is getting more and more treacherous.

It has certainly not gone unnoticed that April has turned out to be deadliest month for the American forces — 128 troops have been killed bringing the total casualties to at least 738 since the war was started in March 2003.

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