Bloodiest Month Since January

He can nominate a wingnut for SCOTUS but he can't hide behind the dead! October has been the deadliest month since January for American soldiers - despite the bogus milestone of Iraq accepting a new constitution.

A car bomb killed 20 people in Iraq's second city of Basra on Monday at the end of the bloodiest month for U.S. troops in Iraq since early this year.

Witnesses said a suicide bomber targeted Iraqi troops.

Seven U.S. troops were killed by bombs near Baghdad, the military said on Monday, taking October's death toll to 93, the highest in one month since January, when 107 died. The number of Americans killed in Iraq passed the 2,000 mark a week ago.