[antimedia] antimedia: This month's Iraq Index....

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This month's Iraq Index....
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   ....I have sad news to report this month. You've probably already
   heard it, because it fits in to the media agenda of highlighting the
   bad news. We lost 73 men in Iraq this month -- the highest total
   fatalities in five months and more than double last month's total.
   After steady decreases over the past five months, one can only hope
   this is an anomaly, but please keep our troops in your prayers. Things
   are rough in Iraq right now, and the enemy is determined to destroy
   American morale.
   By far the number one killer of our troops is the IED. Despite the
   best efforts of our EOD troops and the recognition training our troops
   have been receiving, IED's continue to be a problem that defies
   resolution. The "insurgents" are getting better at multi-fatality
   bombings, which have shown a steadily increasing trend, month to
   month, since Baghdad fell, as have the fatality and wounded rates. We
   are paying the price for years and years of weapons buildup in Iraq
   with no international control.
   Surprisingly, the number of Americans wounded in action fell in April,
   after rising the previous two months. The number of Iraqi security
   forces killed in April rose only slightly from March and the number of
   Iraqi civilians killed dropped dramatically -- to less than half the
   number killed in March. Non-Iraqi civilian contractor deaths shot up
   from one for each of the past two months to eight in April. It appears
   that the "insurgents" have turned their focus back to American troops
   and civilian contractors recently. (So much for the "civil war" the
   media keeps screaming about.)
   At the same time, attacks on the Iraqi oil and gas infrastructure
   dropped dramatically in April, to just one (from seven in March, six
   in February and ten in January.) The number of Iraqi security forces
   surpassed a quarter of a million, approaching the stated goal of
   272,566. As these forces gain more experience, our troops continue to
   recede into a more supporting role.
   Clearly the statistics from Iraq are a mixed bag, but you wouldn't
   know that from the steady drumbeat of negativity from our media. And
   now we have bozos like Joe Biden suggesting that Iraq should be split
   into three parts. Apparently Biden doesn't think the Iraqis should
   have a voice in their own future.
   Are you starting to see a pattern with the Democrats?