Tuesday, August 14, 2007

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

According to new stats released by the U.S. military, major attacks in Iraq have declined by almost 50% since the troop buildup began six months ago. For example, there were 130 high profile attacks against civilian targets in March; last month, on the other hand, there were only 70. This is great news and provides solid proof that our new strategy in Iraq is working.

However, due to some sort of communications breakdown, Al Qaeda forces apparently failed to receive the memo. Four suicide bombers in northern Iraq succeeded in killing at least 250 people in coordinated bombingss yesterday. The bloody assault is being described as the entire four and a half year old war's deadliest attack.

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