Both.
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US casualties drop in February
BAGHDAD - At least 29 U.S. troops died while serving in Iraq in February, the third-lowest monthly casualty toll for the U.S. military since the American-led invasion in 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
Troop fatalities declined from 40 in January, and also dropped steeply from February 2007, when at least 81 troops died in Iraq.
But Iraqi casualties increased compared with January, although violence was reduced substantially from a year ago.
The AP count revealed at least 739 Iraqi security forces and civilians were either killed or found dead last month, up from 610 in January, which had the lowest monthly death toll since the end of 2005.
In February 2007, at least 1,801 Iraqis were killed
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080301/...raq_casualties
US Deaths February 3rd lowest in Iraq War.
All deaths are bad..but lets be realistic here..in all of Iraq less then a thousand people where killed in a month. when it used to be 2,000 a month average.
Then check all the other economic,politcal, etc factors and its undenaible its getting better and better. Frankly the only way we lose in Iraq is the Democrats throwing it away.
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(on a side note---I dunno how much of a factor it may play in the numbers..but roughyl 10 Million people walked to Karbala in February)
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Al-Maliki: Iraqis are reconciling
KARBALA, Iraq (AFP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki hailed success in national reconciliation on Thursday as he joined millions of Shiite Muslims at a holy ceremony in the shrine city of Karbala.
"The terrorists wanted to tear apart Iraq... destroy its unity. They wanted sectarian strife and a civil war but with your hands you banished the spectre of civil war," Maliki said.
He was speaking to a vast crowd of pilgrims gathered at the Imam Hussein shrine -- one of the most sacred for Shiites -- where the faithful beat their chests and chanted in trance-like unison for Arbaeen.
Officials said a record 10 million people converged on the city for the ceremony which marks the anniversary of the 40th day after the seventh century slaying in Karbala of the revered Imam Hussein.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080228...religionshiite
Iraq PM hails reconciltion to massive crowd.