Ok, I just put another post up that stated: The attack came as a city-wide security plan failed to halt the vicious sectarian carnage between Sunni and Shiite armed groups in Baghdad, which has seen a surge in bomb and mortar attacks since Saturday. Oh ok, so the only thing they can say is execution style killings are down. But overall, the sectarian violence is UP. Gimme a friggin break. How stupid do they think we are??? There’s still 1449 Iraqis dead so far this month and 76 coalition casualties. Yah…..things are going great with the new security crackdown.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Execution’style killings have fallen sharply in Baghdad since the security crackdown began this month, the No. 2 U.S. commander said Tuesday.

Figures compiled by The Associated Press from police reports show that the number of bullet-riddled bodies found in the streets this month totaled 628 as of Monday night. That was down from the 1,079 in January and 1,379 in December.

Such killings have generally been attributed to sectarian death squads - including Shiite militiamen, Sunni insurgents or rogue elements within the mostly Shiite army and police.

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