Saturday, May 31, 2008

It's Official: May Saw Lowest Number Of US Fatalities In Iraq

From Gateway Pundit:

May was the least deadly month for US troops since the start of the war.

Numbers via ICasualties

May was the least deadly month for US troops since the beginning of the War 5 years ago.
The Iraqi news organization Aswat Aliraq reported:

The CIA has declared that al-Qaeda is virtually defeated in Iraq and that the country is seeing its lowest level of violence for four years, according to the British newspaper The Times.

Nineteen US military personnel have died in Iraq this month, according to the Pentagon, making May the least deadly month for US troops since the beginning of the war, writes journalist Tim Reid in an article.

The deadliest month for US troops was May 2007, when 126 died as the insurgency in Baghdad raged.

Read more ....

Update: US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,086 -- Yahoo News

My Comment: 44 people were murdered in Los Angeles for the month of May. Is Iraq more safer for an American? Probably not, but if one puts these statistics into perspective, the war is fundamentally over for the U.S. For the Iraqis, the war is still ranging on, but casualties for them are also dropping. As this continues, many of those who fought against the U.S. and its coalition allies will now start to rationalize if it makes sense to be the last "Iraqi resistance" fighter to die for a losing cause.

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