Thursday, March 31, 2005

Terrorists Attacks Against American Forces in Iraq are DOWN

From MSNBC:
Insurgent attacks in Iraq have fallen dramatically since the Jan. 30 elections, and the number of U.S. deaths reported this month dropped to the lowest in a year.
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Both U.S. and Iraqi officials agree that attacks overall have fallen since the Jan. 30 elections, although it is unclear if the trend is just a temporary lull as militants change tactics, or a sign that the insurgency is weakening.

Michael O’Hanlon, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, which has been tracking the insurgency, said attacks against U.S. forces have dropped by at least 25 percent since last fall, when U.S. officials launched a major offensive against the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah. Attacks then ranged from 80 to 90 a day, O’Hanlon said.
This is great news for Americans. The sad news, though, is that the Iraqis themselves are now being targetted by these terrorists. Why would Iraqi terrorists want to kill their fellow citizens? Oh, yeah, most of them aren't Iraqi...