President Bush yesterday claimed that Monday’s bombings were actually a sign of progress because it showed how desperate the Iraqi opposition had become. Bush said “The more successful we are on the ground, the more these killers will react. The more progress we make on the ground, the more free the Iraqis become, the more electricity is available, the more jobs are available, the more kids that are going to school, the more desperate these killers become, because they can’t stand the thought of a free society.” Bush was speaking from the Oval Office as he met with Paul Bremer, the top U.S. official overseeing the Iraqi occupation. No groups have taken responsibility for Monday’s bombings that targeted the Red Cross headquarters in Baghdad as well as four police stations. U.S. and British officials said foreigners may have orchestrated the attacks. A man carrying a Syrian passport was arrested as he attempted to carry out another bombing. But a senior intelligence official told the Washington Post that the U.S. knows little about the militant groups in Iraq “because intelligence resources have been devoted to locating weapons of mass destruction.”