Violence In Iraq Drops Dramatically
The Long War Journal:
Ten months after the announcement of the new counterterrorism strategy in Iraq — often misleadingly referred to as “The Surge” — and four months after the last combat brigade was positioned and major operations against al Qaeda and the Shia extremist groups began in mid-June, the US military can point to real results in the security field. Violence has dropped in Iraq, and dropped significantly.
The Washington Post laid out the evidence of the drop in violence in Iraq. Iraqi deaths are plummeting. US combat deaths — which can be a poor indicator of success or failure — are at a near all-time low. Al Qaeda’s declared Ramadan campaign did not materialize. “The evidence of a drop in violence in Iraq is becoming hard to dispute,” The Washington Post reported.
In September, Iraqi civilian deaths were down 52 percent from August and 77 percent from September 2006, according to the Web site icasualties.org. The Iraqi Health Ministry and the Associated Press reported similar results. U.S. soldiers killed in action numbered 43 — down 43 percent from August and 64 percent from May, which had the highest monthly figure so far this year. The American combat death total was the lowest since July 2006 and was one of the five lowest monthly counts since the insurgency in Iraq took off in April 2004.
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So uh…hmmm…who betrayed us? The Dhimis and their cronies perhaps? My, oh my even the Washington Compost has come on board…at least in one editorial….that the surge is working…What’s lost in all this is that our General Petraeous is a freaking genious.
Nightmare? Sorry Ricky Sanchez ex-general not extrodinaire.
The nightmare is yours. When we finish winning this conflict
you’re going to look like an ass for your recent comments.
Not good news for the Dufouscratz in ‘08 either. Now they gotta find a different subject to wrap their slimey selves around. Maybe they can go and hug a tree with manbearpig.
October 15th, 2007 at 10:41 amWell said Dan.
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October 15th, 2007 at 12:37 pm