[Dean's World] Dave Price: Odierno: Iraq Violence Lowest Since '06 Mosque Bombing

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Posted by Dave Price:
Odierno: Iraq Violence Lowest Since '06 Mosque Bombing
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1190306108.shtml


   [1]This sounds like good news:

     "Attacks nationwide have fallen to the lowest level since before
     the Golden Mosque bombing," he said, referring to a bombing which
     destroyed the revered shrine in Samarra and unleashed a relentless
     wave of reprisals and counter-reprisals across Iraq that has
     already killed thousands of Iraqis.
     "Car bombs and suicide attacks have dropped to their lowest level
     in a year," Odierno said. "Attacks in Baghdad have reached the
     lowest level this year and the trend continues to be down."
     Civilian casualties had dropped from a high of about 32 per day to
     12 per day, the US commander said. "Al-Qaeda in Iraq is
     increasingly being pushed out of Baghdad and the surrounding
     areas," he said. "We are starting to see a normalisation of life
     across Iraq and also in Baghdad."
     ...
     Iraqi General Qanbar Abud, chief of Baghdad operations command,
     also addressing the press conference, said Iraqi and US forces were
     achieving "success on the ground."
     "Life is returning to normal," Abud said. "We are now winning. We
     never thought it could be such a success."

   No word on the reaction from Iraqi bond markets.

References

   1. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070920/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestbaghdadmilitary_070920123358;_ylt=AhPWgsgGrB6p6iD2AGxYSBVX6GMA