In Nasiriya, the common attitude was grief for the Italians and support for the occupation forces.
Thousands have shown support for the occupation by rallying outside the building.
And while some Iraqis praised the Americans for finally catching him, there seemed no palpable increase in support for the occupation.
Twenty soldiers were injured the day after Mr Bush's "bring them on" comment.As a result, support for the occupation is eroding.
Support for the occupation at Warwick had been flooding in, with students and academics across the country expressing their support, including the likes of Owen Jones getting behind the campaign.
Last spring, students at the University of California, Berkeley, with the backing of Jewish Voice for Peace, mounted a divestment campaign singling out companies that provide "military support for the occupation of the Palestinian territories".
In Britain the ruling Labour Party will lose Tony Blair before the next election, but disenchantment with his party seems to be growing as support for the occupation of Iraq slumps.
And they noted a series of recent polls that show both a drop in support for the occupation of Iraq and concern over whether Mr. Bush has a plan to end it, arguing that the issue was more of a problem for Mr. Bush than it was for Mr. Kerry.
U.S. officials placed a $10 million bounty on Mr. Douri, who they say has coordinated many attacks on American troops.] The precariousness of Shiite support for the occupation forces has been further underscored by opposition from Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's most revered Shiite cleric, to American plans for creating a transitional government by July 1.
Mr. Bush's gradual shift away from what many Democrats have long denounced as a go-it-alone stance is an adjustment to the surge in violence in Iraq, as well as the deterioration of domestic support for the occupation in the wake of the prison abuse scandal.
