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Iraq
Security and Economic Trends in Postwar Iraq
2003-11-14
Click on the title link to see the chart. You may have to register with the NY Times to see it.

How are things really going in Iraq? That’s a tricky question. First, it is inherently difficult to measure progress in counterinsurgency warfare and nation-building efforts. Second, reports of the latest violence -- including the deaths of more than 50 American and other coalition troops in the first two weeks of November -- and the highly partisan debate in Washington dominate the news coverage, overshadowing more in-depth analysis.

This chart, compiled largely using United States government information, tracks a number of trends in Iraq that can help shed light on how the situation is evolving. Of course, this being war, the data is inevitably fluid, subject to constant updating by the government. Nevertheless, what we have is still better than the filtered information usually heard from the true believers of the left and right.
Posted by:Patrick Phillips

#1  Oops! Forget to mention that I got this via Vodkapundit.
Posted by: Patrick Phillips   2003-11-14 9:08:03 AM  

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