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Over the past month, more than 2,300 attacks have been directed against civilians and military targets in Iraq, in a pattern that sprawls over nearly every major population center outside the Kurdish north, according to comprehensive data compiled by a private security company with access to military intelligence reports and its own network of Iraqi informants. ...
The type of attacks ran the gamut: car bombs, time bombs, rocket-propelled grenades, hand grenades, small-arms fire, mortar attacks and land mines. ...
"If you look at incident data and you put incident data on the map, it's not a few provinces, ...
the number of attacks is not an accurate measure of control in Falluja. Attacks have recently dropped there, but the town is controlled by insurgents and is a "no go" zone for the U.S. military and Iraqi security forces. ...
"The question is not whether there are attacks," said one Pentagon official. "Of course there are. But what are the proper measurements for progress?"... more
Originally posted by kegs
There's a definite downplay concerning the media on Iraq.