Number of Iraq attacks drops 85%

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

Source: USA TODAY

By Jim Michaels, USA TODAY

WASHINGTON — The number of attacks in Iraq has dropped 85% over the past two years, the top U.S. commander testified Wednesday.
Gen. Ray Odierno said security has continued to improve in the three months since American forces withdrew from cities as part of a agreement to remove all american forces by the end of 2011.


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The level of attacks has dropped from 4,064 in August 2007 to 594 this August, Odierno told the House Armed Services Committee.


Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-09-30-iraq-attacks_N.htm

[bluestateguy]

1. Good deal. I hope that will be a good sign that we are out of there on schedule

The real withdrawal date is December 31, 2011.

[thereismore]

2. Maybe the violence in Afghanistan would drop too if we pulled back? Just for starters? Please? nt