U.S. Says Attacks on Troops in Iraq Decline Tue Nov 25, 5:57 AM ET Add World - Reuters to My Yahoo! By Alistair LyonBAGHDAD (Reuters) - A top U.S. general said on Tuesday that intensified U.S. military strikes had halved the number of attacks on his forces in Iraq (news - web sites) in the past two weeks, but assaults on Iraqis had surgedGeneral John Abizaid, head of U.S. Central Command, was speaking a day after Iraq's interim authority submitted a timetable for self-rule and asked the U.N. Security Council for a new resolution that would end the U.S.-led occupation...