Meanwhile, back at the ranch…

Bush Seeks to Shore Up
Support for Iraq

Fri Apr 9, 2004 03:49 PM ET

By Jeremy Pelofsky

CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) – President Bush on Friday won renewed pledges of support for U.S. efforts in Iraq from allies Italy, Poland and El Salvador, the White House said, as casualties and kidnappings mounted.

Viva El Salvador!

— Jim Carrey at
 the 1996 Academy Awards