Going against soft targets is probably an easier way to achieve what the enemy is trying to achieve. He's attempting to intimidate the people of Iraq, and he's attempting to try to break the will of the coalition, ... He will be unsuccessful in both.
I suspect that most Iraqi people were as horrified,
We have said for the last couple of weeks that we have seen the enemy starting to attack soft targets, Iraqi targets, rather than military targets, ... He is attempting to intimidate the people of Iraq. He will not succeed.
It takes a very few number of people in the country to create the kind of damage we are seeing,
There may have been some kind of celebration, ... Bad people have celebrations too. Bad people have parties too.