Subject: US NEEDS A MUCH BIGGER "SURGE" TO QUELL IRAQI VIOLENCE: Iraqi civilian deaths up in March; Iraqi figures estimate civilian deaths in violence across the country rose by 13% last month, despite the security crackdown in Baghdad. Data compiled by several ministries put civilian deaths in March at 1,861 - compared with 1,645 for February. A BBC correspondent in Baghdad says insurgents seem to have shifted their focus outside the capital to avoid recently introduced security measures. US diplomats say violence in the Iraqi capital has fallen by 25%. In renewed violence on Sunday, two truck bombs exploded in the northern city of Mosul, killing two people and injuring 17 others, Reuters news agency reported. And the US military said six of its personnel were killed in roadside bombings south-west of Baghdad over the weekend. …

RESPONSE: Republicans just keep lying to the American people as more people die and they call it 'progress.'