Rumsfeld admits attacks may worsen

US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned today that attacks on American troops in Iraq may worsen this summer but he insisted that occupation forces were making progress.

“I’m afraid we’re going to have to expect this to go on and there’s even speculation that during the month of July, which is an anniversary for a lot of Baathists events, we could see an increase in the number of attacks,” Rumsfeld said on the NBC television programme “Meet the Press.”