Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Shhhh ... the surge is working (Part quatre)
According to PowerLine, "Iraqi officials today released data on violence in Baghdad since the "surge" began a month ago." To wit:
"In an upbeat assessment of the first 30 days of the security plan, Iraqi military spokesman Brigadier Qassim Moussawi said the number of Iraqis killed by violence in Baghdad since February 14 was 265, down from 1,440 killed in the previous month. The number of car bombings, a favorite weapon used by suspected Sunni Arab militants fighting the Shi'ite-led government, was down to 36 from 56, Moussawi told reporters.
"That's more than an 80% reduction in fatalities in Baghdad."
"In an upbeat assessment of the first 30 days of the security plan, Iraqi military spokesman Brigadier Qassim Moussawi said the number of Iraqis killed by violence in Baghdad since February 14 was 265, down from 1,440 killed in the previous month. The number of car bombings, a favorite weapon used by suspected Sunni Arab militants fighting the Shi'ite-led government, was down to 36 from 56, Moussawi told reporters.
"That's more than an 80% reduction in fatalities in Baghdad."
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Wednesday, March 14, 2007 
