81, 76, 50, 49, 43, 25

Myelectionanalysis blogged 81, 76, 50, 49, 43, 25... they’re the number of troops that have died in hostile actions in Iraq for each of the past six months. That last number represents the lowest level of troop deaths in a year, and second-lowest in two years....
attacks on Iraqi military and police 215, 176, 193, 189, 158, 193....
car bombs 70, 70, 70, 68, 30, 30....
civilians 527, 826, 532, 732, 950, 446....

My only point is that, at the very least, people who complain that good news coming out of Iraq gets shuttered by the press aren’t crazy.

Very interesting