Iraq Attacks Lowest Since March 2004

[yllus]

Iraq Attacks Lowest Since March 2004

WASHINGTON, March 31, 2005 ? The number of terrorist incidents in Iraq have dropped to the lowest level since March 2004, defense officials said.
There are between 40 and 60 incidents each day in the country, they said, sharply down from the terrorist effort in the week of the Iraqi elections in January.

Even this doesn?t tell the whole story. Of those incidents, roughly half have no effect. This means terrorists launch an attack, but no lives are lost, nor is any property damaged.

But ?let?s not downplay this,? said a senior defense official. ?Some of the attacks are horrendous, like the attack on the mosque in Hillah that killed more than 100 Iraqis.?

In Mosul, a city with the most terror attacks in the country, the people have turned against the insurgents. Joint Chiefs Chairman Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers spoke about Mosul?s citizens and their stand against terror during a visit to Arizona March 29. He said that before elections, the Iraqi Joint Coordination Center had one hotline for Iraqis to use to call in a report problems. ?And it wasn?t used all that much,? the chairman said.

Today, the JCC has five hotlines and they need more. Mosulis are taking an active role against the terrorists.

It is not just force that pays dividends for coalition and Iraqi forces. The coalition has hired Iraqis to rebuild the neglected infrastructure. In Sadr City, many residents are getting dependable electricity, clear water, sewers and garbage disposal for the first time in their lives. That has cut the number of incidents in the area substantially, officials said.

The same scenario is playing out in other areas of Iraq, such as Fallujah and Mosul and Samarra with, officials hope, the same results.

40 to 60 attacks a day. Can you imagine that happening at home? :Q

Improving living conditions in one city at a time sounds like it's doing wonders for national security. As many of us predicted from the start, the election plus the onset of legitimacy of the system that's being hammered out by the elected representatives of Iraq is encouraging active participation in state affairs by Iraqi citizens. I imagine that for many of us that seems petty and is taken for granted, but it's a strange thing in many parts of the world to have any say in what happens in the country. And it looks like things can only get better.

 

[conjur]

Sure is looking better


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[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted with glee by: conjur
Sure is looking better


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And?

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Well, things getting better is good, but there needs to be a way to reach the Iraqi fighters. I think the fact that ordinary Iraqis are helping more and more with the capture of and information on the fighters is helping alot but there has to be a way to reach the more hardcore fighters.

CsG

 

[Infohawk]

Originally posted by: yllus
And it looks like things can only get better.

How do you know? Better for who?

 

[yllus]

Originally posted by: Infohawk

Originally posted by: yllus
And it looks like things can only get better.

How do you know? Better for who?

Better for the Martians, obviously. Thanks for giving us yet another dumbassed one-line thread reply.

 

[Infohawk]

Don't have any answers huh? If you're gonna' make a statement, perhaps you could back it up...

 

[yllus]

Yes, you're so spot-on with your assessment of my horribly flawed statement. I actually have no answer to the truly staggering questions of, "How do you know?" and "Better for who?" One would think that reading a sentence like, "and it looks like things can only get better" would translate to optimism for the future, not the makings of a prediction. Clearly, however, your reading comprehension is as limited as your ability to contribute thoughtful replies.

 

[Infohawk]

Originally posted by: yllus
Yes, you're so spot-on with your assessment of my horribly flawed statement. I actually have no answer to the truly staggering questions of, "How do you know?" and "Better for who?"

It was just wishful thinking. Just wanted to make that clear.

One would think that reading a sentence like, "and it looks like things can only get better" would translate to optimism for the future, not the makings of a prediction.

Who would think? Is that supposed to be a defense for your at-best unclear statement?

Clearly, however, your reading comprehension is as limited as your ability to contribute thoughtful replies.

You said something that was pure reverie and which was unsubstantiated. I called you on it. Try not to get crabby about it. :laugh:

 

[yllus]

Yeah...people are supposed to substantiate optimism for future events. Riiight.

Sorry if we're not all hoping for more death and destruction so the "neo-cons" look bad. We save that you for kiddies.

 

[Proletariat]

When you kill one 'terrorist' four more are created in his place. Pretty much standard fare for any rebellion. Things ebb and flow but I don't think this will ever end, the circumstances were SO shady, so unjustified that there is a huge amount of fuel in the fire already.

 

[raildogg]

Originally posted by: Proletariat
When you kill one 'terrorist' four more are created in his place. Pretty much standard fare for any rebellion. Things ebb and flow but I don't think this will ever end, the circumstances were SO shady, so unjustified that there is a huge amount of fuel in the fire already.

How else would you deal with these suicide bombers? I see no other way other than to completely destroy each and every one of them.

Rebellions can be put down with overwhelming amount of force. If you waver, you lose.

I don't think it's a given fact that four terrorists are automatically created when a terrorist is killed. Terrorism is about money more so than ideology. Without funding, there is no terrorism. It requires a great deal of money to plan and coordinate attacks, buy new equipment, recruit more potential terrorists and persuade public opinion. Always follow the money trail.

 

[Hurricane Andrew]

40 to 60 attacks a day. Can you imagine that happening at home?

Well, umm... just look at the City of Philadelphia the past month. Or the shootings on the indian reservation school. Or Washington DC or Baltimore just about any day. So it's not car bombs, just people killed by drug dealers, organized crime, and the like. According to a report here (by a not-so-US-friendly group - China) there were 44 murders and 248 rapes each day in the United States in 2001. Of course we have more people, but the implication that "it doesn't happen here" is just bogus.

And I like how you left out the part that says:

Of those incidents, roughly half have no effect. This means terrorists launch an attack, but no lives are lost, nor is any property damaged.

Don't you think that's kind of important to the story?

I'm terribly sorry that we're making progress in Iraq. It just kills the left to see freedom triumph, and that's sad.

 

[Steeplerot]

how is "freedom" defined by having your country occupied for a lie by a greedy oil tycoon and your family bombed or tortured?
I see no connection here, just more kool-aid.
Heck, even the US cable tv news you all get this stuff from you every month you still have to pay to be lied to. :roll:
I do not think anyone wants to see the military fail, but people know that it is a fantasy that imperialism will EVER triumph.