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by QuestionGirl • 1:30 pm
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08-Apr-2007 6 | US: 6 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Baghdad (south of) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Baghdad (south of) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Baghdad (south of) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Diyala Province Hostile - hostile fire
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Baghdad (south of) Hostile - hostile fire - indirect fire
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Salah Ad Din Province Hostile - hostile fire
Baghdad is not secure, more of our troops are dying in Baghdad, the Iraqis want us out, as does most of the rest of the world, we’re sending injured soldiers back to Iraq, and states and cities are now having to cut budgets due to this war. I reached the “enough is enough” point a long time ago. When will this shit end?
From the New York Times:
BAGHDAD, April 8 - Nearly two months into the new security push in Baghdad, there has been some success in reducing the number of death squad victims found crumpled in the streets each day.
U.S. Military Deaths Before and After the Troop Increase And while the overall death rates for all of Iraq have not dropped significantly, largely because of devastating suicide bombings, a few parts of the capital have become calmer as some death squads have decided to lie low.
But there is little sign that the Baghdad push is accomplishing its main purpose: to create an island of stability in which Sunni Arabs, Shiite Arabs and Kurds can try to figure out how to run the country together. There has been no visible move toward compromise on the main dividing issues, like regional autonomy and more power sharing between Shiites and Sunnis.
For American troops, Baghdad has become a deadlier battleground as they have poured into the capital to confront Sunni and Shiite militias on their home streets. The rate of American deaths in the city over the first seven weeks of the security plan has nearly doubled from the previous period, though it has stayed roughly the same over all, decreasing in other parts of the country as troops have focused on the capital.
Filed: Iraq
