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When u.s. troops left iraq they had shattered al qaeda. two years later al qaeda backed fighters back stronger than ever. just today more than 20 people killed and dozens others wounded in car bombings and shootings. it's disturbing news for soldiers who fought to rid iraq of militants there. martin savidge has more. >> reporter: americans fought for fallujah not once but twice. >> that rocket whistle coming and the explosion was just massive. >> reporter: house to house, street by street. >> the flak jacket, seeing the whites of their eyes. >> i think mortars are rockets hit an ammo dump so i...

Because he is a victim of circumstance. >> oh, no, no, no. >> he looks foolish, he dodges, he weaves, he doesn't answer, he accuses our guys of -- fox, oh yeah, they are asking legitimate questions. >> he is quite patronizing and very thin-skinned but so his boss. >> stay on carney. so you are telling me that i think he looks foolish, i do too. that's my opinion. jay carney looks foolish. you disagree. you don't think he looks foolish to the folks watching? >> in particular on obama care? >> oh yeah because that's his job right now. >> is he trying to defend the indefensible. what has happened...

Sometimes in a flak jacket. do you ever get scared doing this stuff? >> being scared is what keeps you alive. and you just hope your mom's not watching. (laughter) >> i bet she is, i bet she is. >> she does. >> mike: leland, it's great having you here. [applause] >> the sounds you're hearing maurice, virtuoso on the violin, accompanying our group in israel. the song he plays, the national song of israel. it's a word that means the hope and that's something that i think all of us would want to have for the middle east, hope. hope that there can be real peace, hope that that peace can be lasting...

"the situation room". we begin with the state of unemployment in america, just three months before election day. both democrats and republicans have something to seize on in the newest jobs report. employers say they added 163,000 jobs to the u.s. economy in july. that's better than economists expected, and something for the obama camp to hang its hat on. but the romney camp is pointing to this figure, the overall unemployment rate unexpectedly rose to 8.3%, because american households report losing 195,000 jobs. we want to bring in our white house correspondent, dan lothian. so so...

a suicide bomber. new developments in the probe into a deadly terror attack. wolf blitzer is off today. i'm candy crowley. and you're in "the situation room." the battle for the white house now centered in the state of ohio. president obama paid yet another visit to what both campaigns see as a must-win state. and today the president came armed with a new report on tax policy that he used to hammer away at mitt romney. our cnn white house correspondent, dan lothian, is traveling with the president. dan, the president pretty much could take up citizenship in ohio at this point. >> r...