[pissant]

LOL. It’s a quagmire, I tell ya.

[avacado]

"Iraqi Deaths Spike Five Months Into Surge: At least 1,652 civilians were killed in Iraq in July, 33 ..."

Errrrr.... if we are to believe you, the AP and the MSM, then that would not be a spike, but rather a huge drop. The Lancet Report that you stuffed down the world's throat 2 months before the 2006 elections put the total number at 650,000. That would mean about 16,000 PER MONTH KILLED!

So what is it AP? Do you just lie and lie and lie to dupe the stupidest people on Earth: LIBERALS!

[Loyal Buckeye]

The terrorists are turning it up to influence the politicians. The killing spike, however, is an indication of things to come if we bolt.

[rightinthemiddle]

“...despite a five-month-old surge in US troop levels...”

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That used to be called “editorializing” in a news story.

What a crock.

[pacelvi]

When is Ramadan ?

I saw some graphs some guy put together tracking deaths over time by year.

The pattern is always the same... there’s a lull in attacks leading up to Ramadan and then there’s an explosion of violence.

Each year worse than the previous year.

[DCPatriot]

I would like to see a breakdown of the deaths pertaining to men of fighting age vs. women and elderly.

And what exactly is done with the captured insurgents...the ones caught red-handed in the act?

[andy58-in-nh]

American deaths are way down, the “Surge” (much to their horror) appears to be working, so the Drive-by Media needs something to complain about. And by the way: how many of those “civilians” were actually non-uniformed combatants?

[Fido969]

We get out there and FIGHT, yes there are going to be more deaths.

[NeoCaveman]

The number of U.S. servicemen killed in Iraq in July was 74, the lowest total in eight months so the media decides to change tacks and trumpet cililian deaths.

So predictable.

[kabar]

Different numbers here

[Pan_Yans Wife]

I was listening to ABC News give a newbreak on the radio. The announcer gave the top stories and said, “In Iraq today, there were four deaths.”

My inital thought was, “Okay, who died? Were they American soldiers? Were they killed in an accident? Were they killed while capturing or killing twenty terrorists? Were they innocent Iraqi citizens killed by an IED?”

The news blurb was meant to make a stupid American think, “Uh, oh! In Bush’s evil war the American death toll has just gone up by four!”

To say that I loathe ABC News is an understatement.