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Casualties in Iraq
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Good deeds from the Associated Press:
Obviously, someone forgot to tell the AP that Michael O'Hanlon has seen some secret data the Pentagon put together which proves them wrong. They did get this:
But who needs statistics to back up a claim like that when unsupported assertions made by interested parties can do just as well?
This year’s U.S. troop buildup has succeeded in bringing violence in Baghdad down from peak levels, but the death toll from sectarian attacks around the country is running nearly double the pace from a year ago.
Obviously, someone forgot to tell the AP that Michael O'Hanlon has seen some secret data the Pentagon put together which proves them wrong. They did get this:
However, Brig. Gen. Richard Sherlock, deputy director for operational planning for the Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, said violence in Iraq “has continued to decline and is at the lowest level since June 2006.”
He offered no statistics to back his claim, but in a briefing with reporters at the Pentagon on Friday he warned insurgents might try intensify attacks in Iraq to coincide with three milestones: the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in the U.S., the beginning of Ramadan and the report to Congress.
But who needs statistics to back up a claim like that when unsupported assertions made by interested parties can do just as well?
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