Myth: Iraq has been "calm" in fall of 2007 and the Iraqi public, despite some grumbling, is not eager for the US to depart.
Fact: in the past 6 weeks, there have been an average of 600 attacks a month, or 20 a day, which has held steady since the beginning of November. About 600 civilians are being killed in direct political violence per month, but that number excludes deaths of soldiers and police. Across the board, Iraqis believe that their conflicts are mainly caused by the US military presence and they are eager for it to end.
Monday, January 07, 2008
Iraq 2007
Juan Cole on the top ten myths about Iraq from 2007:
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The MSM has decided the surge has worked time to move on and let the Imperial troopers finish off their prey. The OIL ( spice) must flow. Anyway, Iraq isn't any longer an issue unless it helps a Reptile get elected then of course it will be used against whomever the D's put up in Nov. The fucking MSM AKA (the Corp. Media) sucks.
That's part of the reason why we have to send these stories around ourselves. Post, email, talk about them. At least we can spread information in a small way, which is better than no way.
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