U.S. NAVY OFFICER IN IRAQ DISPLAYS HIS TELEPATHIC POWERS

We now have a U.S. Navy Admiral in Iraq saying the gains by insurgents and Al Qaeda is not a trend.

Rear Admiral Greg Smith said he did not think recent security gains were being reversed."I would not look at the last few weeks as an increase or a trend, but there has been a sporadic series of events that ... have resulted in significant loss of life," Smith told a news conference.

Iraqi police said 68 people died when two bombs exploded within minutes of each other in a popular, crowded shopping area in central Baghdad on Thursday evening, the deadliest single bombing in the capital since last June.

But a NAVY ADMIRAL says there is nothing to worry about.

Does anyone else find it strange that a NAVY ADMIRAL would be making statements about what is taking place on the "ground" in Iraq?

Shouldn't Rear Admiral Smith be on a ship out in the middle of the Persian Gulf somewhere and not issuing statements about ground force conditions in Iraq?

However, it must be comforting to the soldiers and Marines on the ground in Iraq to know they have a NAVY ADMIRAL who has telepathic powers and has looked into his crystal ball and predicts the recent surge in violence is just a mirage.

Upswing in Iraq attacks not a trend: U.S. military

By Michael HoldenSun Mar 9, 1:20 PM ET

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/iraq_dc;_ylt=Ag22IYrWpL32j8gn.kTXY.lX6GMA

The U.S. military said on Sunday a recent increase in bombings was not the start of a wider trend in Iraq and violence had decreased overall.

U.S. military spokesman Rear Admiral Greg Smith said he did not think recent security gains were being reversed.

"I would not look at the last few weeks as an increase or a trend, but there has been a sporadic series of events that ... have resulted in significant loss of life," Smith told a news conference.

Smith said the spate of recent attacks needed to be compared with a year ago, when thousands of civilians were dying in sectarian violence between majority Shi'ites and minority Sunni Arabs, with U.S. troops also suffering heavy casualties.

Iraqi police said 68 people died when two bombs exploded within minutes of each other in a popular, crowded shopping area in central Baghdad on Thursday evening, the deadliest single bombing in the capital since last June.

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The number of violent civilian deaths rose sharply in February, the first increase in six months, after bombings which Smith blamed on al Qaeda killed more than 160 people.