Reuters: Attacks in Iraq Have Surged During 'Surge'

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By E&P Staff

Published: July 21, 2007 11:45 AM ET

NEW YORK The "surge" of U.S. troops was meant to stem, not create, more violence but the opposite seems to have occurred. Reuters reports today that attacks in Iraq last month "reached their highest daily average since May 2003, showing a surge in violence as President George W. Bush completed a buildup of U.S. troops, Pentagon statistics show."

The data, obtained by Reuters from the Defense Department, showed an upward trend in daily attacks over the past four months. Pentagon officials were not immediately available to comment on the statistics.