All good news....sure hope it continues, and I hope we can squash them in Afghanistan.
On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 12:35 AM, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This really looks like progress to me. > > http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/10/gns_iraqcasualties_103108/ > > > BAGHDAD October could be the first month of the Iraq war when no U.S. > service members will have died in combat in Baghdad. > > As of Thursday, the Pentagon had reported 13 U.S. troops killed in combat > and non-combat incidents this month in Iraq. If the number holds, it would > tie July for the lowest monthly U.S. death toll of the 5-year-old war. > > Security has improved in the Iraqi capital and elsewhere thanks to truces > by > sectarian militias, more effective U.S. counterinsurgency strategies, and a > dramatic increase in the size and effectiveness of Iraqi forces. > > Militant groups such as al-Qaida have shifted their base to Afghanistan, > where U.S. fatalities in October were higher than those in Iraq for the > second consecutive month. > > "What you're seeing is a migration of the extremists from one area to the > other," said Navy Capt. Jack Hanzlik, a spokesman for the U.S. military's > Central Command, which is responsible for both Iraq and Afghanistan. > "They're not having the success that they had in Iraq, and they're looking > for other places to go." > > Fifteen U.S. troops had died in Afghanistan in October, as of Thursday, all > from enemy fire. There are about one-third as many U.S. troops in > Afghanistan as in Iraq. > > "The main U.S. effort has been in Iraq, and in Afghanistan, we've been > trying to tread water and buy time until we have the resources to devote > there," said Nathan Fick, a retired Marine officer and a fellow at the > Center for a New American Security. > > The U.S. will start shifting resources next month when 2,000 Marines > originally set to deploy to Iraq will be sent to Afghanistan. In January, > the Army will reroute 3,700 soldiers to Afghanistan > > > > Also I read that Iraq wants us out of here by 2011. Not sure if that can > actually happen, but the way things are going, we can surely expect > dramatic > reductions in US forces in Iraq soon. And even though the commanders in > Afghanistan are wanting 20,000 more service members there, that is only > about a division, which means that even if they increase the numbers in > Afghanistan, and decrease the numbers in Iraq, we are still looking at > fewer > deployments. > > > > Bruce > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:278120 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
