Friday, November 24, 2006

Unholy month

While it might seem too easy to do this, the Pentagon doesn't deserve any better -- their generals having spent October insinuating that the Iraqi insurgents wanted American voters to support the Democrats. Hence it was just 4 days ago that the empty uniform represented by General William Caldwell was quoted as follows --

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2006 – As expected, violence in Iraq has dropped following the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, a coalition spokesman said in Baghdad today.
Army Maj. Gen. William Caldwell said civilian and Iraqi security force casualties were at the lowest levels since the government was formed in May.

So far this month, the civilian casualty count is well below the casualty count in October and below the six-month average. The security force casualties reduced 21 percent over the past four weeks, and are at the lowest level in 25 weeks, he said.

“In Baghdad, there was a 22 percentage drop in casualties related to sectarian violence and executions,” Caldwell said during a televised news conference. “Coalition forces will continue to work closely with the Iraqi government and Iraqi security forces to control the sectarian violence and terrorist attacks.”


How are those percentages looking now?

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