Violence in Iraq drops sharply: Ministry (But, but...)

Rooters ^ | Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:10pm EDT | By Aseel Kami

[rightinthemiddle]

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Violence in Iraq has dropped by 70 percent since the end of June, when U.S. forces completed their build-up of 30,000 extra troops to stabilize the war-torn country, the Interior Ministry said on Monday.

The ministry released the new figures as bomb blasts in Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul killed five people and six gunmen died in clashes with police in the holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala south of the Iraqi capital.

[rightinthemiddle]

Rooters, of course, disputes it quickly in the second paragraph.

[AU72]

My heart goes out to all those layed off cemetary workers.

[angcat]

It sounds like a night a Philadelphia.

[truthluva]

I repeat...this is no way to run a quagmire!!!!

[tcrlaf]

Yet another FACT you will never hear from the libs of an evening NEtwork broadcaster/Talking head...

[Yardstick]

Rooters, of course, disputes it quickly in the second paragraph.

Well, of course.

[Tenacious 1]

Pretty soon the MSM & Democrats will be screaming about there not being enough violence in the country to warrant having our troops there and demand that they be brought home immediately.

I said it first.

[rightinthemiddle]

I love how the Media Libs dispute any news that’s good, but still spout off without hesitation about anything from the U.N., Human Rights Watch, etc.

[waimea.man]

"...the holy Shi'ite city..."

I love it!

[rightinthemiddle]

They hated to write this:

“In Baghdad, considered the epicenter of the violence because of its mix of Shi’ites and Sunni Arabs, car bombs had decreased by 67 percent and roadside bombs by 40 percent, he said. There had also been a 28 percent decline in the number of bodies found dumped in the capital’s streets.

In Anbar, a former insurgent hotbed where Sunni Arab tribes have joined U.S. forces against al Qaeda, there has been an 82 percent drop in violent deaths.”

Remember ANBAR? Over, and over again...”What about ANBAR?” “When will Bush go to ANBAR?”

[avacado]

"In Anbar, a former insurgent hotbed where Sunni Arab tribes have joined U.S. forces against al Qaeda, there has been an 82 percent drop in violent deaths."

That should be headline news on CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, & MSNBC. Anbar is probably safer now than my neighborhood in Houston that has two temporary Section 8 apartment complexes housing the Katrina Holocaust Survivors until March of 2009.

[rightinthemiddle]

Nice pick up, Batman.

[rightinthemiddle]

ABC Radio is just now reporting on all the MONEY the Iraq war is costing...

“No deaths? We’ll talk about dollars.”

[truthluva]

“Good news” to libs is “We are losing”. Haha. You’re right, if it’s truly good news for the WOT they will find some way to offset it.

[enough_idiocy]

“Violence in Iraq has dropped by 70 percent since the end of June”

Unreal. “The war is lost” “The surge isn’t working”

If this success is sustainable, this should sink the dems.

[ChinaThreat]

Anbar is probably safer now than my neighborhood in Houston that has two temporary Section 8 apartment complexes housing the Katrina Holocaust Survivors until March of 2009.

Hilarious but true. Katrina Holocaust Survivors. LMAO!

[rfp1234]

Back in May, the esteemed news service reported this horse-hockey:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1835310/posts

[rfp1234]

horse-hockey

[avacado]

" Hilarious but true. Katrina Holocaust Survivors. LMAO!"

That's what the MSM is now calling them: Katrina survivors! How many actually died, 10? And now they are "survivors!" Take a look at this: Google News: Katrina Survivors

It's friiiiigin ridiculous!

[rightinthemiddle]

I survived a trip to work this morning.