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While insurgents in Baghdad wait out the troop buildup, violence elsewhere has escalated. Despite Bush's calls for optimism, an administration official acknowledged "there is no trend" showing that the troop escalation is working. In fact, violence is only being displaced. "Deaths of Iraq civilians and U.S. troops have increased outside the capital...If violence is down in Baghdad, ysts said, it is likely because the Shiite militias operating there are waiting out the buildup in U.S. troops, nearly all of whom are being deployed in the capital. At the same time, Sunni insurgents have escalated their operations elsewhere." With the troop escalation underway, "the U.S. military has warned that insurgents are adopting new tactics in a campaign to spread panic." Yesterday, suicide bombers detonated highly toxic chlorine bombs in Fallujah, wounding 15 U.S. and Iraqi security forces. Since January, eight U.S. helicopters have been shot down.