ANOTHER SIGN OF SURGE FAILURE

(Via Jurassicpork)

BUSH:

Since our operation began, the number of sectarian murders has dropped substantially. (5/10/2007)

REALITY:

Morgue Data Show Increase In Sectarian Killings in Iraq
By Sudarsan Raghavan
Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, May 24, 2007; Page A01

BAGHDAD, May 23 -- More than three months into a U.S.-Iraqi security offensive designed to curtail sectarian violence in Baghdad and other parts of Iraq, Health Ministry statistics show that such killings are rising again.

The data showed that the same number of bodies were found in all of January, the month before the launch of the Baghdad security plan.