[antimedia] antimedia: Don't look now....

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Posted by antimedia:
Don't look now....
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1179798824.shtml


   ....but there hasn't been a major terror attack in Baghdad [1]for over
   a week.

     There hasnât been any major security incidents in Baghdad since the
     attacks on three bridges in both its northern and southern suburbs
     on Friday May 11, more than a week ago. This doesnât mean Baghdad
     is essentially calm: there are episodes -albeit minor and limited-
     still happening from time to time. They often go unreported, so
     thereâs no information on whether they leave any casualties.
     Anyway, we do hear small blasts and bursts of machine guns a few
     times a day. In most cases itâs impossible to know whether those
     were raids by security forces or attacks by militants.
     While thereâs a decline in significant violence in the capital,
     there has been an increase in mortar and rocket attacks on the
     Green Zone as well as heavy attacks on other provinces, namely
     Diyala and Mosul. In Diyala the increase in violence is just
     relative, since the province and Baghdad were racing against each
     other in terms of violence. On the other hand, Mosul has recently
     been the scene of organized, large-scale attacks after months of
     relative calm. Mosul is luckier than Diyala, though, as the
     security forces have usually managed to repel the attacks and limit
     the losses.

   Repeat after me -- the surge isn't working, the surge isn't working,
   the surge isn't working....the war is lost, the war is lost.....we
   need to get out of Iraq now....
   Tags: [2]Iraq [3]surge [4]Baghdad

References

   1. http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/2007/05/security-update.html
   2. http://technorati.com/tag/Iraq
   3. http://technorati.com/tag/surge
   4. http://technorati.com/tag/Baghdad