Sharp Drop Seen in US Deaths in Iraq

ARRA: Let see if Prime Time News Reports this new AP report out of Baghdad! Report by Steven R. Hurst: Baghdad (AP) — October is on course to record the second consecutive decline in U.S. military and Iraqi civilian deaths and Americans commanders say they know why: the U.S. troop increase and an Iraqi groundswell against al-Qaida and Shiite militia extremists. Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch points to what the military calls "Concerned Citizens" — both Shiites and Sunnis who have joined the American fight. He says he's signed up 20,000 of them in the past four months . . . [Read More] See Also: Boozman Comments on Progress in Iraq

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