US Deaths February 3rd lowest in Iraq War.

DuH2 · #1 (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 05:53 PM

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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

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080301/...raq_casualties

Stay the Course

(Clumping Iraqi security forces with civilans is a pretty low thing to do...For all we know 500 Iraqi military personnel where killed in various combat actions..which isn't the same as being blown up by al Qaeda while shopping in a market.)

EiregoSod · #2 (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 06:02 PM

Be glad you aren't one of them.

Grond · #3 (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by EiregoSod

Be glad you aren't one of them.

...when someone tells something like "oh, today only 25% of our guys died by comparison to January death toll!!! Rah, rah, stay on course!"

What about tomorrow???!!!

JMS · #4 (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 11:28 PM

looking on the bright side is awesome.

Tedminator · #5 (**permalink**) 03-02-2008, 03:25 AM

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Originally Posted by DuH2

US Deaths February 3rd lowest in Iraq War.

Stay the Course

Brilliant. The 100 Year Slowbleed Plan.

adult_swim · #6 (**permalink**) 03-02-2008, 03:33 AM

Al Sadr's call to cease-fire has a lot more to do with the low death toll of American Troops.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23249924/

let's hope he doesn't lift it... or we'll see a "surge" of problems.

DuH2 · #7 (**permalink**) 03-02-2008, 03:53 AM

Interesting....

US Death Rate February lower then January in Afghanistan

January---- 7 KIA
February---- 1KIA
http://icasualties.org/oef/Default.aspx

SO lets hear the snitty comments...

Oh c'mon don't you want to demean those in Afghanistan too!!!!!!!!

I know you do...so go to it..belittle the lower death toll..

(Oh and for you Obama lovers remember Afghanistan is the war he will let our soldiers fight with no timetable..leftist hypocrites)

trigatch4 · #8 (**permalink**) 03-02-2008, 09:12 AM

A lesson in math:
29 > 0

Out of Iraq, please.

JP5 · #9 (**permalink**) 03-02-2008, 09:50 AM

Good news. AND 5 of those U.S. military deaths were just today avenged by getting the TOP guy responsible---who by the way, ambushed the Americans with roadside bomb and then shot the survivers of the blast FROM A MOSQUE!!! A Saudi:

U.S.: Al-Qaida leader in Mosul killed
Saudi was thought to be behind bombing deaths of five Americans

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23434663/

DuH2 · #10 (**permalink**) 03-02-2008, 01:44 PM

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Al-Saudi is said to have been a close associate of al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri and to have arrived in Mosul with a group of foreign fighters in August 2007 after spending time fighting in Afghanistan.

"Mosul is a critical crossroads for al-Qaida in Iraq. It is their strategic center of gravity. One-half to two-thirds of attacks in Iraq today are in and around Mosul," Smith said

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23434663/

Off topic.... but I just wanted to highlight the part of your article which clearly shows al Qaeda in Iraq is part of al Qaeda in general.

Same enemy.

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