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Civilian Casualties Drop Dramatically In Iraq
wasp69:
By Ross Colvin
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Violent civilian deaths in Iraq in December were down 75 percent from a year ago, new figures released on Monday showed as Iraqis partied in the streets of some parts of the capital Baghdad to bring in the New Year.
A year ago, the scenes of unrestrained revelry would have been unthinkable in a country racked by savage sectarian violence that by the most conservative estimates has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced some 4 million.
According to figures compiled by the interior, health and defense ministries, 481 civilians died violently in Iraq in December, a 75 percent drop from the 1,930 who were killed in December 2006, when the country was on the brink of civil war.
Since then, the U.S. military has adopted a new counter- insurgency strategy, Sunni Arab tribes have rebelled against al Qaeda, and anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has ordered his Mehdi Army militia to observe a six-month ceasefire.
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCACOL16978920071231
wasp69:
Not a good time to be a liberal or a ronbot, huh? :usflag:
Rebel:
We've been telling those fools this from the get go. They're all just like that fool Blarch. Anytime a liberal is proved wrong, they move on to something else without even acknowledging they were wrong in the first damn place. :lalala:
wasp69:
--- Quote from: Rebel on December 31, 2007, 03:39:57 PM ---We've been telling those fools this from the get go. They're all just like that fool Blarch. Anytime a liberal is proved wrong, they move on to something else without even acknowledging they were wrong in the first damn place. :lalala:
--- End quote ---
Admitting mistakes takes honor and humility. Something that the libs and ronbots are severly lacking.
jtyangel:
--- Quote from: wasp69 on December 31, 2007, 04:21:49 PM ---
--- Quote from: Rebel on December 31, 2007, 03:39:57 PM ---We've been telling those fools this from the get go. They're all just like that fool Blarch. Anytime a liberal is proved wrong, they move on to something else without even acknowledging they were wrong in the first damn place. :lalala:
--- End quote ---
Admitting mistakes takes honor and humility. Something that the libs and ronbots are severly lacking.
--- End quote ---
This is the God's honest truth. Something I've been trying to tell my own father for a long long time. Sorry, off topic :thatsright:
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