Just the Facts, Please -- Iraq: The Numbers Trend Down

FROM THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION'S IRAQ INDEX: Tracking Variables of Reconstruction & Security in Post-Saddam Iraq.

• US Troops killed in hostile action in Iraq, last 6 months, from October 2005 to March 2006, in order: 81, 76, 50, 49, 43, 25.


• Iraqi military and police killed in Iraq, last 6 months, from October 2005 to March 2006, in order: 215, 176, 193, 189, 158, 193 (and the three months before that were 304, 282, 233).


• Car Bombings, last 6 months, from October 2005 to March 2006, in order: 70, 70, 70, 68, 30, 30.


• Civilians killed in Iraq, last 6 months, from October 2005 to March 2006, in order: 527, 826, 532, 732, 950, 446 (upper bound, two months before that were 2489 and 1129).

[HT: Dadmanly]

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