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I'm thinking (hoping) that we're over the hump now. It wasn't until after Hitler's death was confirmed that the werewolves started petering out. Wouldn't surprise me if the same thing is happening here.

I hope you are right. His capture if nothing else indicates that the financial incentives for attacking US troops may be disrupted or reduced. I would not be too optimistic about reduced casualties however as we are unable to close of Iraq's borders and there seems to be an infinite supply of fanatics looking to take a cheap shot at our convoys which remain largely unprotected by armor. Of note are 8400 unarmored humvees, the fact that the national guard units are bringing less not more vehicular protection to the fight on the next rotation and that 1/3 of the Bradley's in Iraq are reportedly down due to a lack of tracks. Given that uparmored vehicles aren't going to be available in sufficient numbers to meet today's needs until the Summer of 05, I'd guess we will take approximately 1000 more KIAs before this situation winds down.