posted on July 27, 2007 07:21:21 PM new
from the progressives/liberals here.
They ONLY post the negative when it suits their agenda. tsk tsk tsk. When the deaths are terrible....when the injuries are mentioned...they're right on the board posting aways. But when it's good news....positive news...they IGNORE it. shame shame shame
But it won't keep others from hearing it.
There WAS GREAT news out of Iraq in July.....so want to be sure ALL here get to see it. lol
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'Positive sign': U.S. troop deaths show sharp decline
Bomb attacks take heavy civilian toll
By Thomas Frank
USA TODAY
BAGHDAD — The number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq has dropped sharply so far in July after reaching record levels in recent months, a possible sign that militants are weakening, the No. 2 U.S. commander in Iraq said Thursday.
"This is what we thought would happen once we took control of the safe havens" used by insurgents and militias, Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno said Thursday. "We've now taken control of those areas."
Though he called the drop in U.S. deaths an "initial positive sign," Odierno cautioned, "I need a bit more time to see if it's a true trend or not."
The Pentagon has reported 61 U.S. troop deaths in combat and non-combat incidents from July 1 through Thursday — a rate that projects to a death toll of 70-80 troops by the end of the month.
That would signal a return to average casualty levels seen prior to April, May and June, when an average of 110 troops died per month in the deadliest three-month stretch of the entire war.
The unusually heavy toll in the spring followed an increase in U.S. troop levels — who now number about 154,000 — and more aggressive tactics after a new security plan began in mid-February.
"We were going into areas we hadn't been before," Odierno told reporters.
The recent decline in U.S. deaths may result from increased cooperation from Iraqis who report suspected militant activity, said Dennis McBride, executive director of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies in suburban Washington.
"We may be approaching a tipping point in terms of snitching," McBride said. "It can become not only OK to snitch, it can become your duty to snitch."
The July death toll also has been inflated by an unusually large number of non-combat deaths. Of the 61 deaths reported so far in July, 51 resulted from combat and 10 from non-combat incidents such as vehicle accidents — a rate that could produce about 60 combat deaths by the end of the month.
From April to June, there were an average of 104 combat deaths per month, Pentagon figures show.
"The troop surge is being effective," McBride said, referring to the increased number of U.S. forces.
Retired Army Special Forces Maj. Andy Messing, executive director of the National Defense Council Foundation in Alexandria, Va., said insurgents and militia members may be simply hiding out during the ongoing offensive.
"We show up in greater force, and they reduce their presence and wait until we're worn down," Messing said.
Also Thursday, a highly sophisticated simultaneous car bomb and rocket attack devastated a Shiite market district in a Baghdad neighborhood considered one of its safest, the Associated Press reported.
Police and hospital officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to release information, told the AP 28 people were killed and 95 injured.
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"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack."
posted on July 27, 2007 08:00:10 PM new
See....no response from those who PRETEND they support our troops/military.
LOL LOL LOL
They're too busy trolling to acknowledge this GOOD NEWS THREAD.
Might be depressing to THEM. I believe that it is. After all, it might be why their party's support/poll numbers continue dropping. lol lol
Success will do that to the liberals...the doom and gloom club.
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"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack."
posted on July 27, 2007 08:10:07 PM new
""See....no response ""
Oh, so you really WANT "stalkers", "baiters", and "trolls" to respond to your frenzied threads....just can't make up your VULGAR mind , can ya?
LOLOLOL!!!
