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2007-09-25 Iraq

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2007-09-25 13:26|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 if sectarian violence has not declined - a lot - then why is the Main Stream Media so silent?

Posted by Bobby 2007-09-25 16:30|| 2007-09-25 16:30|| Front Page Top

#2 if sectarian violence has not declined - a lot - then why is the Main Stream Media so silent?

Practicing for Hillary's Ascension.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-09-25 16:33|| 2007-09-25 16:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Stupidity pure and simple. Statistics 101:

compare point a and point b with mehod1

then

with compare them with method2 and so on. Chances are great most/all methods point owrads the same evolution (upwards or downwards)

What we are interested in is evolution much more than absolute values.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2007-09-25 16:37|| 2007-09-25 16:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Sectarian violence has declined enough that this afternoon NPR had a long report from an embedded reporter about how much more difficult it is to get the heterogeneous tribes, etc in Diyala province to agree to live peacefully compared to the situation in now-peaceful Anbar province. There were short interviews with American military commanders, a mayor... and then I parked the car. ;-)

JFM, agreed trends are key, but first some sort of a base line has to be established.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-09-25 17:00|| 2007-09-25 17:00|| Front Page Top

#5 Under the "good old days" of Saddam, Iraq suffered 25 dead/day = 9125/year.

In addition approx 1/3 of the "civilian" deaths are Insurgents.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2007-09-25 19:08|| 2007-09-25 19:08|| Front Page Top

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