Violence Toned Down By 93% During Last Quarter Of 2008 – U.S. Army

U.S. Army Sgt. Ryan Pike from 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division and Staff Sgt. Altaf Swati set up a tactical satellite radio during a patrol to check the progress of several school construction projects, funded by the Iraqi government, in Afak, Iraq, on Dec. 28, 2008. DoD photo by Senior Airman Eric Harris, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

From Aswar --Al Iraq:

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Acts of violence targeting civilians and Iraqi and U.S. forces in the country has toned down by 93% during the last quarter of 2008, a spokesman for the U.S. forces in Iraq said on Thursday.

The credit for this decreasing violence goes to the Iraqi forces thanks to their initiative and preemptive attacks, General David Perkins said during a press conference he held on Thursday in Baghdad, attended by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

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