Attacks on U.S. and Iraqi troops and Iraqi civilians jumped sharply in recent months to the highest level since Iraq regained its sovereignty in June 2004, the Pentagon told Congress on Monday in the latest indication of that country’s spiraling violence.
In a report issued the same day Robert Gates took over as defense secretary, the Pentagon said that from mid-August to mid-November, the weekly average number of attacks increased 22 percent from the previous three months...
...According to the Pentagon report, the worst violence from August to November was in Baghdad and in the western province of Anbar, long the focus of activity by Sunni insurgents...
...American casualties, dead and wounded, rose from 19 to 25 per day, up 32 percent in the last three months...
How much more can our armed services sacrifice? Will Bush ever be able to deal with the reality of this war? Just take a look at http://icasualties.org/oif/ and you'll notice that things are terrible in Iraq. Here are some headlines from the site:
12/18/06 Thegazette: Soldier who grew up in Springs dies in Iraq
12/18/06 nbc4: Soldier From La Crescenta Is 300th Californian To Die In Iraq
American citizens need to start the New Year by e-mailing our senators and representatives and demand an end of the war. If they do not move toward ending the war, then we start calling their DC offices. It is time for our military to declare victory and come home.
