Monday, July 21, 2008
Obama in Iraq;
Der Spiegel Proves al-Maliki Story Correct;
Series of Bombings hit Baghdad
Despite all the talk about Iraq being "calm," I'd like to point out that the month just before the last visit Barack Obama made to Iraq (he went in January, 2006), there were 537 civilian and ISF Iraqi casualties. In June of this year, 2008, there were 554 according to AP. These are official statistics gathered passively that probably only capture about 10 percent of the true toll.
The AP doesn't seem to recall these facts:
Obama begins firsthand look at Baghdad
By BRIAN MURPHY – 14 hours ago
BAGHDAD (AP) — There is no question that Iraq is a significantly different place than during Obama's first visit in January 2006, when the country was caught in a growing Sunni insurgency and was moving toward a flood of Sunni-Shiite violence.
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