More good news in Iraq

[Pro Street]

Originally Posted by RMNIXON

60%

please don't do that... that's a typical way to bend things.

i.e. if 20 people die 1 month, and 10 the next, it's safe to say 50% lived.

if 6 die one month, and 3 the next, the same.


if 50,000 die one month, and 25,000 die the next, it's still the same.


if I have a $2 profit one day and a $4 profit the next, saying I rose sales 100% seems a bit lame.

[avsp]

The statistics excluded US troops killed in other governorates such as Al-Anbar, Diyala, and Salahiddin.

unfortunately the most recent Indcies at Saban/Brookings & wont load on the crap puters here, ..., so the 'true' overall picture remains to be seen
Iraq Index Archive

even so its a good thing that the baghdad no-go areas seem to be welcoming CoW & ISF units

[avsp]

31 US troops have died in Iraq during the first 11 days of March 2007 (1 non-hostile death)

This compares to 79 in Feb (13 non-hostile) & 88 in Jan (16 non-hostile)

source: page 7 pdf http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf
based on DoD causality reports. Deaths at or near month cut off points may be counted in the wrong month

ISF forces killed
Nov 123
Dec 123
Jan 91
Feb 150
Mar 83 (till !! March

page 11 of same pdf

Theres breakdowns of Iraqi deaths by region
but I'm out of time