Reply #11: Bush's declaring "sectarian violence" down by ignoring dead bodies found each morning, ignoring all

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Topic subject Bush's declaring "sectarian violence" down by ignoring dead bodies found each morning, ignoring all
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3491336, Bush's declaring "sectarian violence" down by ignoring dead bodies found each morning, ignoring all
Posted by papau on Sat Sep-01-07 06:49 AM

Shia attacks on Shia, ignoring attacks against the US, ignoring Sunni religious but not of the Islamist Wahhabiyya movement attacks on those that are Wahhabiyya, ignoring Kurd on Kurd.

Indeed if you ignore enough you get the following:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec06/iraqhandover_09-07.html "And I -- I will tell you that I feel comfortable that our numbers indicate a decrease in sectarian violence in the month of August. ..."

I wonder how our Democratic lawmakers and Presidential candidates will react when they are told of the "Surge success" that is proven by a "decrease in Sectarian violence".

Perhaps they can ignore the report below:

"Civilian deaths rose slightly in August as a huge suicide attack in the north two weeks ago offset security gains elsewhere, making it the second deadliest month for Iraqis since the U.S. troop buildup began, according to figures compiled Saturday by The Associated Press.

U.S. deaths remained well below figures from last winter when the U.S began dispatching 30,000 additional troops to Iraq.

At least 1,809 civilians were killed in the month, compared to 1,760 in July, based on figures compiled by the AP from official Iraqi reports. That brings to 27,564 the number of Iraqi civilians killed since AP began collecting data on April 28, 2005.

The August total included 520 people killed in quadruple suicide bombings on Yazidi communities near the Syrian border. The horrific attacks made Aug. 14 the single deadliest day since the war began in March 2003."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/iraq