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WOLF BLITZER: Coming up,
in Iraq, who is causing more chaos and carnage? Would
it be the insurgents or would it be Al Qaeda?
Michael Ware is standing by in Baghdad.
BLITZER: Bombings, bodies and beheadings -- Iraq
exploding with violence right now. Bombs and mortar
rounds killing at least 28 people in Baghdad. Police
found 15 bullet-riddled bodies across the capital and
they're investigating the reported discovery of 20
decapitated bodies near Baghdad.
All this comes amid a stepped-up effort by coalition
forces to try to halt the violence.
And joining us now, our correspondent in Baghdad,
Michael Ware -- Michael, this new military strategy
that's been unfolding over the past few months in
Iraq, is it primarily aimed at the old line Iraqi
insurgents, the Sunni militia groups, the Saddam
loyalists, if you will; or Al Qaeda, the so-called
foreign fighters and Iraqis who are part of Al Qaeda,
that threat there?
MICHAEL WARE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, to be honest,
Wolf, it's all of them wrapped up into one hideous
bundle. I mean the point of the surge is not to
target one particular enemy of the many that America
has in this country. It's essentially to bring
stability.
Now, if that means killing Al Qaeda or if that means
marginalizing the Shia militias, which own this
government, then the surge is meant to blunt all of
these factors. Basically, the surge is hoping to just
stop as many people dying on the streets of Baghdad
as it possibly can. Yet already this month, we see
540 tortured or bullet-riddled bodies showing up in
Iraq in the mornings and being collected by the
government officials.
We still see the spectacular suicide bombings
punching through here into the capital and also into
other parts of the country.
So there's no one single focus. It's only hope is to
bring some modicum of stability, to give this
ramshackle throw-together of disparate militias that
the administration insists on calling the Iraqi
government, a moment to breathe.
BLITZER: Michael Ware reporting from Baghdad.
Thank you.