Showing posts with label iraq stats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label iraq stats. Show all posts

Monday, December 19, 2011

A Final Update On America`s Wars


States of Conflict: A Final Update -- New York Times

A VERSION of this chart has been appearing in the Op-Ed pages every few months for eight years. The first was published eight months after the invasion of Iraq, and data from the conflicts in Afghanistan and Pakistan were added in more recent years. Gains have been made in these three countries, but violence persists and peace is by no means assured. Nonetheless, with the end of the war in Iraq officially announced last week, this will be the last of the series.

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My Comment:
Sobering statistics .... check them all.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

US Iraq Fatalities This Month Are At An All-Time Low

For the past month I have been mentioning how the violence against U.S. soldiers is now reaching all time lows. In numbers, this is what is happening:

U.S., Iraqi Forces Quell Violence Throughout Iraq: (Attack levels are down more than 90 percent during the past year). -- Defense Link

Violence in Iraq Drops: (Iraq experienced the lowest number of acts of violence in more than four years last week). -- Operation Iraqi Freedom

All Major Benchmarks Have Been Reached In Iraq -- Pajamas Media

In fact US Iraq fatalities this month are at an all-time low. (Iraq Coalition Casualties)

Commentaries From The Following:
The New Reality in Iraq By Frederick W. Kagan, Kimberly Kagan and Jack Keane
Is the War Over? by Michael J. Totten -- Commentary Magazine
Michael Yon Comments: Success In Iraq
Iraq's security 'remarkably better' -- Washington Times