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2007-07-27 Iraq

July 07 Likely to be Lowest Fatality month this year

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Posted by mhw 2007-07-27 12:41|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 The critical month will be Ramadan, which is the typical month for violence. If this years Ramadan is relatively quiet, 13 Sept-12 Oct, on top of a successful surge, that will be about the end of any resistance.

That is, by then, the Iraqi army will pretty much control everything, and the US will not need to be in the line of fire for much of anything. The US will have continuous surveillance of the major arteries over which almost all of our traffic will flow, so we can go to "island mode" on our bases.

Our casualty rates will drop to nothing but accidents and disease.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-07-27 13:22|| 2007-07-27 13:22|| Front Page Top

#2 but the MSM will just not care!
up on the headline scrolls righ tnow is this:
Iraqi government in deep crisis, analysts say

which analysts? Uh, those that say THAT! A nice tight circle-jerk

and then there is the old standby that the MSM loves...and which they have been using ALL this month of lower casualty RATES. The old standby is this:
"American death toll in Iraq continues to climb"

Perfectly true...perfectly mis-leading! Because a TOLL, which is a SUM, can never go DOWN, they are correct is saying that it continues to climb! Even as the RATE drops dramatically, especially when you consider the stepped up pace of action!!

Posted by Justrand 2007-07-27 14:05|| 2007-07-27 14:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Overall deaths are down. IED deaths are down and the enemy continues to die in quantity.
http://northshorejournal.org/index.php/2007/07/update-on-losses-in-iraq

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2007-07-27 14:11|| http://northshorejournal.org]">[http://northshorejournal.org] 2007-07-27 14:11|| Front Page Top

#4 The Surge is working.

WIN. THE. WAR.

Posted by eltoroverde 2007-07-27 14:56|| 2007-07-27 14:56|| Front Page Top

#5 The War is already lost. Ask Harry. He's worked hard to lose it.
From an interview on Captain's Quarters with Col. Twitty in Nenewah:
Withdrawal debate - has it made the Iraqis fearful and damaged HUMINT capabilities? -- "Absolutely". It comes up daily. They accuse us of betraying them, and have stopped giving good intel as a result. It's significant.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-07-27 15:52|| 2007-07-27 15:52|| Front Page Top

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