Posts on ‘January 1st, 2007’

It’s never been very clear how many Iraqis are “standing up” so our troops can stand down, but several sets of numbers are in about how many Iraqis have laid down for the last time.



“As enraged crowds protested the hanging of Saddam Hussein across Iraq’s Sunni heartland Monday, government officials reported that 16,273 Iraqi civilians, soldiers and police died violent deaths in 2006, a figure larger than an independent Associated Press count for the year by more than 2,500.”