• March 23, 2003: “President Bush says.. some pockets of resistance remain…. There are pockets of resistance in places like Basra.”
• April 15, 2003: The focus of coalition operations in Iraq is on eliminating remaining pockets of resistance, said U.S. Central Command officials during a briefing in Qatar today.
• April 28, 2004: Bush says that there are “pockets of resistance” in Iraq but mostly Fallujah is returning to normal.
• April 9, 2004: Dan Senor, spokesman for the CPA, says there are pockets of resistance, yes, but that shouldn’t overshadow progress.

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