Bombings in Iraq Fall to Seven-Month Low

Associated Press ^ | 12/1/2005 | Chris Tomlinson

[wallcrawlr]

grossest analogy ever...i did not need that visual


:)

[Mad_as_heck]

...the U.S. military played down reports by residents and police of widespread attacks against American and Iraqi installations...

Nice how the AP takes it for granted that the troops (which, or course, they support "are you questioning the AP's patriotism?!!") are lying and the local jihadi sympathizers are bravely speaking "truth to power."

It takes talent to work defeatism and anti-Americanism into an article entitled "Bombings in Iraq Fall to Seven-Month Low." Unfortunately, the AP has that talent.

[oceanview]

its good news of course.

but generally speaking, it is not a good idea to cede to the media that the defintion of "winning" this war is measuring how many car bombs go off, and you only "win" when it falls to zero. these kinds of attacks are going to be part of the internal iraqi security problem for a long time to come - of course the fewer the better, but it has nothing to do with "winning the war".

the US has already won the part of the war our forces were designed to win. I wish the administration were on message on this point. what's going on now, the internal security situation and the use of US forces to help get the iraqis up to speed, it is very important - but its not "the war". so long as this is the definition of "the war", the media and the left can continue to highlight every bomb attack as "we are losing". this is the daily spin the sheeple are being spoon fed - turn on any MSM source, every radio report that covers iraq, every "bomb goes off" story is presented in this manner.

Laura Ingraham was getting on Dan Bartlett on this theme on yesterday's show - she was pretty direct with him, asking him bluntly "is the white house even aware of the spin on the media reporting the people are getting, to try to counter it?". Dan was not too "plugged in" if you ask me.

[jveritas]

I am so eager for the moment when we capture Zarqawi or Bin Laden or Zawahiri just to see liberals and their media whores engaging in mass suicide.

[TChris]

But... but... How is this going to become a quagmire!? I thought this war was supposed to be a quagmire of the most hopeless variety!

[TheForceOfOne]

Meanwhile, abduction of dead beat peaceniks is up 400%.

[Moonman62]

I'm hearing less about IEDs too. I wonder if they are down too or just getting reported less.

Are you serious. The MSM would crawl over broken glass to report an IED attack.

[mlc9852]

I doubt they are being reported less.

[Moonman62]

One sentence about positive news from the US military. The rest of the article is an advertisement for the terrorists.

[mumps]

I'm very grateful and relieved that the number of attacks are down. However, you have to be skeptical when someone gives "precise" guesstimates such as these:

At least 96 percent of suicide bombers are from outside of Iraq....

He said exact figures were not immediately available, but that [there] was a 34 percent reduction in overall casualties...."

I mean, the guy admits that exact figures are not available and then states that there's been exactly a 34 percent reduction. The guy shot his own credibility in the foot.

[Recovering_Democrat]

We're building a democracy no thanks to the liberals and Democrats in the country.

The traitors will be the first ones to hog the limelight when troops come home, though.

I hope the first time John Kerry, John Murtha, or any of the SURRENDER MONKEYS in the 'rat party (all of 'em except Lieberman) try to "greet" a returning Iraq War hero, they're greeted with a code Red. Or at least a cold shoulder.

[Rooivalk]

The thrust of the article is correct. But the number of Explosively Formed Projectiles is up, and those damn things are devestating. There also seems to be an increase in sniping.

I understand that the weak point of IEDs is the planting of the device. Since American forces have adopted the tactic of placing snipers in overwatch positions of known IED targeting areas, the toll on the bomb planters has been significant

Hence the falloff as bomb teams die in the process of planting their handiwork

[RightWhale]

The MSM is countering with a story of the US military buying a good news story in the Iraqi press.