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Title: 'No question' violence in Iraq down
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Published: Nov 8, 2007
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Post Date: 2007-11-08 12:07:21 by tom007
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'No question' violence in Iraq down Published: Nov. 8, 2007 at 11:06 AM Print story Email to a friend Font size: BAGHDAD, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- A U.S. commander in Baghdad said "there's just no question" violence is down in the Iraqi capital, paving the way for U.S. redeployments to presurge levels. U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joseph Fil said that while 13 percent of Baghdad, including Sadr City and other Shiite areas, remain to be cleared, "there's just no question" that violence is down from June, The New York Times reported Thursday. "Murder victims are down 80 percent from where they were at the peak" he said. "(Improvised explosive device) attacks are down 70 percent." Fil credited the declines to measures targeting insurgent funding, a cease-fire by the influential Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr and the increased capability of Iraqi security forces. Fil said the most important factor attributed to the decline was Iraqis' rejection of "the rule of the gun" citing various responses to sectarian militias, including al Qaida, the Times reported. Military officials said Iraqi citizens aided by U.S. forces effectively weakened al-Qaida in Mesopotamia. The group is responsible for the majority of suicide bombings, though Fil said they could "re-infect very quickly." Fil also commented that the mission of U.S. forces in Iraq will transition from one of security to one of reconstruction in 2008. © 2007 United Press International. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be reproduced, redistributed, or manipulated in any form. Print story Order reprints Email to a friend Post commen
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#1. To: tom007 (#0)
Usual thing that happens in war after a while there are no more people left to kill
#2. To: robnoel, tom007 (#1)
The number is shocking and sobering. It is at least 10 times greater than most estimates cited in the US media, yet it is based on a scientific study of violent Iraqi deaths caused by the U.S.- led invasion of March 2003. That study, published in prestigious medical journal The Lancet, estimated that over 600,000 Iraqis had been killed as a result of the invasion as of July 2006. Iraqis have continued to be killed since then. The graphic above provides a rough daily update of this number based on a rate of increase derived from the Iraq Body Count. (See the complete explanation.) The estimate that over a million Iraqis have died received independent confirmation from a prestigious British polling agency in September 2007. Opinion Research Business estimated that 1.2 million Iraqis have been killed violently since the US invasion. This devastating human toll demands greater recognition. It eclipses the Rwandan genocide and our leaders are directly responsible. Little wonder they do not publicly cite it. Here is simple HTML code to post the counter to your website and help spread the word.
No kidding - a million dead, two and a half million displaced does lower the death rate. Disgusting. The Bush/DC "legacy". War Criminals by any rational measure.
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#3. To: robnoel (#1)
re are no more people left to kill
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