41 percent more dead bodies were found on the streets of Baghdad in June than in January

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.americablog.com/2007/07/41-more-dead-bodies-on-streets-of.html

Hard to imagine how Bush, Lieberman and McCain will view this as progress:

Nearly five months into a security strategy that involves thousands of additional U.S. and Iraqi troops patrolling Baghdad, the number of unidentified bodies found on the streets of the capital was 41 percent higher in June than in January, according to unofficial Health Ministry statistics.

During the month of June, 453 unidentified corpses, some bound, blindfolded, and bearing signs of torture, were found in Baghdad, according to morgue data provided by a Health Ministry official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information.

In January, 321 corpses were discovered in the capital, a total that fell steadily until April but then rose sharply over the last two months, the statistics show.

Overall, the level of violent civilian deaths in Iraq is declining, according to the U.S. military and Health Ministry statistics, and there has been a steady drop in fatalities from mass-casualty bombings that have torn through outdoor markets, university bus stops and crowds assembled to collect food rations.

But the number of unidentified bodies found on the streets is considered a key indicator of the malignancy of sectarian strife. While the declining number of bombing victims suggests that efforts to control violence are showing some success, the daily slayings of individuals, in aggregate, speak to an enduring level of aggression.

[unhappycamper]

1. But Sen. Lindsey Graham has returned from his seventh wartime visit there with renewed hope that the

U.S. troop buildup is producing results.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1272477


I wonder what results graham is talking about?

[NNN0LHI]

2. And we should believe Lindsey too. Because he has been there

:crazy:

[unhappycamper]

4. Should lindsey go shopping at an outdoor bazar in Baghdad

WITHOUT a company of Marines or helicopters, I might have a little more faith in what he says.

Naaaah, graham is a tool & a lying sack of crap.

[Ian David]

3. Of course it's progress. They don't have to fish the bodies out of the river anymore.

At this rate, soon, we won't even have to wait for them to be dead before we take them to the morgue.