October deaths in Iraq tie war’s lowest mark

[unhappycamper]

October deaths in Iraq tie war’s lowest mark
Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Sunday, November 2, 2008

October’s U.S. death toll in Iraq matched the lowest monthly total of the war, with 13 deaths — seven in combat — reported by the Defense Department.

The earlier low came in July of this year, as security improvements throughout the country translated into lowered violence targeted at U.S. troops.

The Pentagon figures for October mark the first time in the war that no U.S. combat deaths were reported in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad. The two Baghdad deaths were reported as nonhostile.

Security improvements have been attributed to the now-reversed troop "surge," a turning of tribes against al-Qaida and other militant groups, and the emergence of paid "Sons of Iraq" who patrol neighborhoods.

Last October, 38 U.S. deaths were reported in Iraq, and in 2006, there were 106 U.S. deaths.


Rest of article at: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=58555%2e

[barbtries]

1. this is supposed to be good news, right?

in my mind even one was too many. :cry:

edited because the tears welled

[jaxx]

2. Bring em home!

Let there be no US deaths in Iraq.

[StClone]

3. Reminds me of a joke

What did one Cannibal say to the other Cannibal when he came home late for lunch?

Sorry everyones already eaten.