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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The top military commander in Iraq says attacks against U.S. forces have fallen sharply in recent weeks, despite
figures showing November to be the deadliest month for U.S. troops since the war began.
Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez said anti-American insurgents had struck fewer times in the past seven days than in the previous
week and put the reduction down to the more aggressive tactics used by U.S. forces. He also said the military was in the process of reshaping its forces in Iraq to rotate in more mobile units and ship out heavy armour such as tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles.
"In the past 14 days, we have seen the daily average of engagements throughout the country decline by over 30 percent," Sanchez told a
news conference in Baghdad. "And over the last seven-day period, we're down to an average of 22 engagements a day," he said, against as many as 50 a day just a couple of weeks ago. "This decline has been most significant where we have taken the fight to the enemy."
Despite the decline, however, figures from U.S. military officials show at least 72 U.S. soldiers died in action in November, according to a count by Reuters.
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Link:
http://www.swisspolitics.org/en/news/index.php?section=int&page=news_inhalt&news_id=4501483Wow, I didn't know they had classes in 'Spin' at West Point!!!
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