Attacks in Baghdad down by 80%

Iraq the Model blogged Since the multiple bombings in Shroja market district on the 12th, Baghdad hasn’t seen any major attacks and there’s a tangible decrease in all kinds of attacks. Not only official statements say so (Defense ministry officials said today that attacks are down by 80% in Baghdad). It’s a reality I live in nowadays, at least in my neighborhood and its surroundings. It is also what I hear from friends and relatives in other parts of the city. We are hearing fewer explosions and less gunfire now than two weeks ago and that, in Baghdad, qualifies as quiet.

Meanwhile in Washington the Dems keep trying to stop the Surge that has created that quiet.

I agree with what some experts say about this lull in violence being the result of militants keeping their heads down for a while.

Sadr told them to do so, before he rushed to Iran.

It is also possibly the result of the flight of the commanders of militant groups. Grunts left without planners, money or leaders wouldn’t want to do much on their own.