US report shows increase in Iraq violence since Jan.

[laststeamtrain]

Source: Reuters

US report shows increase in Iraq violence since Jan.
12 Mar 2008 02:13:05 GMT
Source: Reuters

By David Morgan

WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) - Iraq has seen some increased violence since January, including suicide and car bombings, despite a sharp overall decline in attacks in the past eight months, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.

The rise in violence was partly as a result of recent U.S.-led offensives against Islamist militants, including al Qaeda in Iraq, the Defense Department said in its latest quarterly report on the war.

The release of the report, which covers December through February, coincided with a surge of violence that killed 46 people across Iraq on Tuesday.

The Pentagon noted a rise in security incidents since January in Nineveh and Diyala provinces and other areas where it said al Qaeda in Iraq militants have flocked since being driven from former strongholds by U.S.-allied Sunni tribesmen.

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[Sodbuster]

1. Well there you go........

The surge at work. It's still wack-a-mole out there.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

THANKS W

[saigon68]

4. Halliburton is thanking everyone right now

[ronnie624]

2. "al Qaeda in Iraq"

I wonder about the origin of that term. It seems that only very recently have the corporate media monopolies begun to use it, and quite repetitively at that.

It smacks of perception molding.

[happygoluckytoyou]

3. gotta love that bushie... he's really hot right now

[Supersedeas]

5. but but but -- morning Joe said already that the Surge is Working, the Surge is Working