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Focuses on the escalating violence and the deaths of American soldiers in Iraq. Observation that the rebels keep building deadlier bombs; Deaths of Marines in Iraq; Impact of the casualties on U.S. public support for the war; Policy of the President George W. Bush administration in Iraq; Overview of the fighting; How U.S. troops rely on tracked and wheeled vehicles to secure them from enemy attack; The Pentagon's explanation for the rise in casualties; Strategies of insurgents, including use of improvised explosive devices to kill U.S. soldiers; Efforts of a Pentagon task force to outwit the bombers; Expectation that there will be more lethal attacks.