BUSH PLANS SURPRISE VISIT TO IRAQ ON HALLOWEEN

In a gesture to bring an upbeat message to the troops, President Bush is planning a top-secret visit to Iraq on Halloween, Tony Snow told CNN. “Air Force One will arrive at Baghdad International Airport at around 17:32 local time on Tuesday, landing in darkness, with the plane’s lights dimmed to make it less of a target. Then, still shrouded in secrecy, he’ll be driven to the base in a black Ford Explorer SUV, license plate # IMTHEPREZ. Upon arrival, he’ll spend the first three minutes basking in the troops’ unbridled adulation before embarking on an impromptu speech that will include such off-the-cuff repartee as, ‘I had a sweet tooth and thought I’d come here for some Halloween candy’.”