Commander reports a Baghdad success

[sabra]

Source: UPI

WASHINGTON, June 6 (UPI) -- Security efforts in at least one small but notorious corner of Baghdad are going well, a U.S. military commander reports.

Col. Bryan Roberts, the commander of 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, has numbers to back it up. Not a single American soldier has been killed in the Karkh security district in south-central Baghdad since beginning the U.S. surge in early January. Subordinate units assigned to other parts of the city have lost 28.

In January there were 53 people murdered in Karkh; in May, just four. In January there were 87 attacks against his forces, including car bombs, roadside bombs, mortars, rockets and small arms fire. By May, that number had dropped by 60 percent.

"We often scratch our heads and say, how did this happen, ask ourselves how it happened, but you know, a certain degree of it may just be luck. But luck is obviously when opportunity meets preparation, and I think we have risen to the occasion," he told Pentagon reporters Tuesday.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Security_Terrorism/Briefing/2007/06/06/commander_reports_a_baghdad_success/9951/

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. Luck

[Zenlitened]

2. The World's Only Superpower applies its vast military might and successfully subdues...

... one neighborhood.

If the Neocons' plan was to turn America into an empty shell... well, mission accomplished. :(

[Jacobin]

3. All we have to do is stay in that spot FOREVER

and that one spot will be fine.

See? Its all going swimmingly

[LibDemAlways]

4. So the people who were setting off the IEDs in Karkh are

now setting off IEDs elsewhere, and that's supposed to be a sign of progress? Total bullshit.

[saigon68]

6. Yes, Its a "Steaming Pile"

[Barrett808]

5. Go to Iraq Front News and search for "Karkh"

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IraqFrontNews/messages

You tell me if this is a "success story":

2719 Roundup of violence in Iraq - Tuesday June 5 2007
... amil neighborhood south west Baghdad around 6,00 pm. - 33 anonymous bodies were found in Baghdad today.24 bodies were found in Karkh, the western part of Baghdad in the following neighborhoods (7 bodies in Doura, 5 bodies in Amil, 3 bodies in Jami'a, 3 bodies ...
barrett808
Jun 5, 2007
7:33 pm

2627 Roundup of Iraq Violence -- Saturday, June 2, 2007
... experts defused 12 IEDs in Saidiyah neighborhood south Baghdad. - 26 bodies were found in Baghdad today. 18 bodies were found in Karkh, the western side of Baghdad, in the following neighborhoods: 6 in Ghazaliyah, 3 in Amil, 2 in Jihad, 2 in Hurriyah, 2 in Yarmouk ...
barrett808
Jun 3, 2007
11:14 am

2482 Roundup of violence in Iraq - Wednesday, 30 May 2007
... vehicle in Al Jami's neighborhood west Baghdad around 6,30 pm. - 23 bodies were found in Baghdad today. 21 bodies were found in Karkh, the western part of Baghdad in the following neighborhoods (10 bodies in Amil, 3 bodies in Doura, 3 bodies in Bayaa, 2 bodies ...
barrett808
May 30, 2007
8:28 pm

2407 Roundup of violence in Iraq - Sunday, May 27th, 2007
... gunmen opened fire in the Bab Al-Muatham area of downtown Baghdad. -44 bodies were found in Baghdad Sunday. 34 bodies were found in Karkh, the western part of Baghdad in the following neighborhoods: 15 in Doura, three in Al-Amil, one in Al-Khadhraa, two in Jihad, three ...
barrett808
May 28, 2007
11:00 am

2308 Roundup of Iraq Violence -- Thursday, May 24, 2007
... injured. At 5:00 pm a mortar hit abu atsheer; one killed and 3 injured 22 bodies were found in Baghdad today. 19 were found in Karkh, the western part of Baghdad in the following neighborhoods: 1 in Kadhemiyah, 2 in Taji, 1 in Hay al Jamiaa, 3 in Amil, 3 in ...
barrett808
May 25, 2007
10:51 am

2292 Security developments in Iraq, May 25
... in various districts of Baghdad on Thursday, police said. Nineteen of them were found in the predominantly Sunni Arab western Karkh side of Baghdad. BAGHDAD - One civilian was killed and three wounded in a mortar attack on a residential area of Abu Dshir in ...
barrett808
May 25, 2007
8:56 am

2203 Security developments in Iraq, May 23
... different districts of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said. Twenty- seven of them were found in the predominantly Sunni Arab western Karkh side of Baghdad. KUT - The bodies of five people were retrieved from two rivers near the city of Kut, 170 km (100 miles) southeast ...
May 23, 2007
9:20 am

2107 Roundup of Violence in Iraq -- Saturday, May 19, 2007
... rabi'aa neighborhood south west Baghdad at 8,00 pm. - 20 anonymous bodies were found in Baghdad today. 17 bodies were found in Karkh, the western part of Baghdad, in the following neighborhoods 5 bodies in Amil, 3 bodies in Ghazaliyah, 2 bodies in Saidiyah ...
barrett808
May 20, 2007
10:18 am

2049 Roundup of violence in Iraq - 17 May 2007
... Al Bayaa neighborhood south Baghdad around 7,00 pm. - 30 anonymous bodies were found in Baghdad today.25 bodies were found in Karkh, the western part of Baghdad in the following neighborhoods (6 bodies in Amil, 4 bodies in Doura, 4 bodies in Bayaa, 3 bodies ...
barrett808
May 18, 2007
10:32 am

1381 Security Incidents for 04/26/07
... Sab Al Boor district north of Baghdad around 7,00 pm 26 anonymous bodies were found in Baghdad today. 24 bodies were found in Karkh, the western part of Baghdad in the following neighborhoods ( 4 bodies in Saidiyah, 4 bodies in Amil, 3 bodies in Bayaa, 3 bodies ...

[LibDemAlways]

8. So the Commander is a bald-faced liar and the

reporter is either on the Bush payroll or completely incompetent. Shame on the UPI editors for not doing a simple fact check before releasing this piece of pure propaganda bullshit.

And thanks for taking the time to do their job.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

10. That would appear to contradict what the Colonel is saying

Lucky for him that most people will never see it.

[0rganism]

9. yes, but those are Iraqi civilian bodies, so they don't count as "violence"

It has been well established that we regard Iraqi humans as less important than American pets.

[damntexdem]

7. And now they've noted it, so ...

guess where the insurgents will strike next.

[0rganism]

11. By Col. Roberts' standards, I know a plan that can result in nationwide success

It's called "complete troop withdrawal", and I am confident that it will result in 100% reduction of American military casualties in Iraq after it is realized.

[Barrett808]

12. Checking in on Karkh: One week later

-26 bodies were found in Baghdad today. 21 bodies were found in Karkh, the western part of Baghdad in the following neighborhoods (2 bodies Rahmaniyah, 3 bodies in Doura, 3 bodies in Jihad, 3 bodies in Saidiyah, 2 bodies in Ano Ghraib, 2 bodies in kadhimiyah, 2 bodies in Yarmouk, 3 bodies in Amil and 1 body in Mansour). 5 bodies were found in Rusafa, the eastern part of Baghdad in the following neighborhood (1 body in Zafaraniyah, 1 body in Sadr city, 1 body in Jamila, 1 body in Raghiba Khatoon and 1 body in Jumhuriyah St.).

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/news/special_packages/iraq/17359165.htm

Yes, things are going quite well in Karkh.

[Roland99]

14. So much for that good news. Damn liberal media always pissing on parades....

[Roland99]

13. So, we're going to keep US troops in Karkh FOREVER??

:banghead: