[Dean's World] Aziz P: Odierno doesn't know what he's talking about, casualties are way up

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Posted by Aziz P:
Odierno doesn't know what he's talking about, casualties are way up
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1190349524.shtml


   [1]iraq casualties have increased during 2004-2007, says the Pentagon 

   source: [2]Department of Defense report issued this week ([3]h/t
   Democracy Arsenal).

   btw, for serious analysis, see the latest report by Anthony Cordesman
   about [4]the challenges in training the Iraqi forces. Solid, rigorous
   analysis from a real expert. Meanwhile, Marc Lynch [5]reviews an
   interview on Al-Jazeera with Ibrahim al-Shammari, the PR flak for the
   Islamic Army of Iraq (a major Sunni insurgency faction). Essential
   reading to understand the motivations of the various groups in Iraq,
   motivations to ewhich incidentally the Administrations' policies are
   blind.

References

   1. file://localhost/files/aziz-image001.gif
   2. http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/pdfs/Signed-Version-070912.pdf
   3. http://www.democracyarsenal.org/2007/09/seriously.html
   4. http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4024/type,1/
   5. http://abuaardvark.typepad.com/abuaardvark/2007/09/ibrahim-shammar.html