“The day nobody was killed in Iraq”
You haven’t read about this on the front page of the NYTimes, have you? Doesn’t fit the narrative:
There have certainly been several days in the past month when no US or British soldiers were killed.
During a five-day stretch between October 19 and 23, there were no deaths among coalition forces. Although three US servicemen died from “non-hostile causes”, this was the longest period without combat deaths for almost four years. And, between October 27 and 29, there were more days without coalition deaths.
Such statistics do not take account of deaths among the Iraqi security forces or civilians. But Iraqis, too, have had days when no one in their ranks has died. On October 13, for instance, neither the coalition nor the Iraqi military suffered any deaths. But one Iraqi policeman was killed, along with four reported civilian deaths in Baghdad.
Two days later, there were no deaths among the coalition but six among the Iraqi security forces.
October 19 was a death-free day for both coalition and Iraqi security forces, but 12 civilians were killed.
The civilian death toll was lower on October 23 – when four were killed – but they were joined in the mortuaries by two Iraqi policemen.
On October 30, the Iraq Interior Ministry reported that there were no civilian deaths in Baghdad but three US troops and four Iraqi policemen were killed.
It is beyond dispute, though, that the tide of violence in Iraq has been stemmed.
Maybe they’ll get around to it next year.
Yesterday: AP reports: “Thousands Return to Safer Iraqi Capital.”
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The thumbnail photo comes from MNF-I. Here’s the caption/credit:
Sheik Abid, the leading tribal sheik of Al Awad, Iraq handed out gifts in appreciation to Col. Mike Bridges, deputy team leader of Baghdad 5 Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team, during the school opening in Al Awad Oct. 29. Photo by Spc. Shejal Pulivarti.
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Can any major city in this country make the same claim?
Marshall, I doubt it, but maybe they could pull a reporter off covering Britney to look that up.
Well it is good news. Everyone wants to live in peace. I’m glad our military is able to bring it to the Iraqi people. If our enemies don’t fight, we won’t fight them. If we don’t have to spend time fighting them, we can spend time building their infrastructure.
Victory is the American Way.
I had something snarky to say, but looking at the pictures of Lt Michael Murphy and Spc Alex Jimenez in the past posts makes things more clear.
We owe it to those guys to finish the missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, and do it right. I’m thankful that our leadership maintained its resolve to win.
Steady progress in Iraq. It’s like throwing Holy Water on the democrats.
Wonderful news! MSM should be shouting this from the roof tops!!! (but they won’t)
Good news!!! It’s a shame we won’t see that in the MSM.
Hey, I can remember days where I went from one homicide to the next one with no breaks during the entire shift and I didn’t work in New York.
These weren’t terrorist murders but those people were just as dead. Man’s heart is evil and he is capable of evil deeds.
Anyone from any of the anti-war groups who say that they protest because they care about the either U.S. Military and/or the Iraqis should be turning cartwheels right now.
But they won’t be. I wonder why.
Oh…wait…never mind. I get it now.
And all we hear is silence from the anti-Americanists.
It figures.
And when the troops DO start comming back and this whole thing is over these anti-war peace/soldier/Iraqi loving groups will morph into service groups dedicated to making sure that servicemen and their families get the pay and resources that they deserve, that disabled vets get the care they need and that Iraqis displaced by the war get adequate funding to rebuild their lives, that Iraqi orphans get a good home in the U.S. and stuff like that.
Ya’ know, just like these groups did after Vietnam.
O, wait, never mind. Sorry, I was thinking of the hateful, intollerant, ignorant Religious Right. The anti-war groups will just disolve back into the Socialist Workers Party and the like until there is another war.
A comparable article like this appeared in the London Times (?). One of the more ridiculous comments alleges that the FACT of Zero Causalities is US Propaganda. Talk about denial.
Great news. We may have finally killed off all the Iraqis with enough spunk to fight for their country.
Maybe the media isn’t reporting it because — at least according to the article — it didn’t happen.
Ellis the human toolbag is on Fox this morning talking about this. ” He doesnt want to be overly high fivey about this yet” ????
TB to the max.
No, it hasn’t happened yet. However the article does point out days when no US or coalition servicemen die. And that the violence does appear to be subsiding.
For the last time, the surge is working. We have success, and it’s getting better. Che lovers everywhere need to simply shut up and get out of the way.
Alphonse #12. Would you like to explain that comment a bit more?
I’m a little puzzled how guys blowing up pipelines, planting roadside bombs that take out markets and such are guys with
. Doesn’t really seam like fighting for your country. Maybe fighting for your ideology but not your country.
Given the high casualty rate among the Iragi military and police forces, the suggestion that they lack “spunk” is puzzling, to say they least.
DARN! What’s the LAME STREAM MEDIA to do when there’s no grief or death? How else can you be relevant if there’s no negative flames to fan?
My prayers have been answered!
God Bless the US Armed Forces.
Kudos to the IP as well.
RIP, to those who have passed away.
San Antonio, TX would like to go one day when no one on the south side of the city died…enviable, under-reported reality in cities all over America.
re: #17, Rus, I’m betting Alphonse has a bit of sarcasm going (I hope), or else is trolling. Either way, time will tell…
Not gonna hold my breath on that one. Great news none the less!!!!
In the same period I am sure there were at least a half dozen gang land killings in Philadelphia alone. If the press had the same drum beat on gangs as they have on Iraq we would have abandoned our cities long ago.
Negative Ghostrider. The Iraqi citizens with enough spunk to fight for their country are busy serving in the Iraqi Army, with the Iraqi Security Forces, the Iraqi Police. They’re serving as interpreters for the PRTs working to rebuild the country. All of this, in the face of threats of death and bodily harm from the jihadis.
That, sir, is spunk.
One of the digital satellite channels is broadcasting “the Wizard of Oz” tonight… and I have a hard time not envisioning Nancy Pelosi being splashed with the “Peace in Iraq” news while shouting “Nooo, nooooooooo!” and evaporating into a dusty pile of botox.
Of course the same dream could be repeated with Shillary too… Wicked Witch of the East!
Wonder if Los Angles or Washington DC has days with no deaths by murder?
“And when the troops DO start comming back and this whole thing is over these anti-war peace/soldier/Iraqi loving groups will morph into service groups dedicated to making sure that servicemen and their families get the pay and resources that they deserve, that disabled vets get the care they need and that Iraqis displaced by the war get adequate funding to rebuild their lives, that Iraqi orphans get a good home in the U.S. and stuff like that”
Um, isn’t that the responsibility of the government? Y’know, the one that is denying PST treatment to our vets right now? I sort of think maybe that if we send our guys over to fight a war, and they give it their all, the U.S. owes them treatment when they get home. Service groups are great, and I donate to one, but the stuff you describe has to come from the U.S. government.
Ain’t nothing socialist about that.
I am personally of the opinion that the longer there is a good news blackout by the MSM the better. The new media is getting the story out and while it only reaches a fairly small segment now, that segment then goes out and tells the story to the rest.
The most important thing is that at some point the good news won’t be ignored. After all, if the violence continues on a downward trajectory we will be close to single digit deaths of coalition soldiers per month in Iraq by the time Petraeus speaks to Congress in March.
That won’t have a media blackout and Petraeus, unlike the media, will tell the whole story, and by then the whole story will be that not of minimal success, but of tremendous success. That won’t be ignored and the numbers will speak for themselves. Then, we will have up to seven months for the real story to get out.
Meanwhile all those that will continue the narrative that we’re losing will be flat footed. I wish Hillary luck convincing all we are losing when our death toll monthly is single digits. This will set things up for Iraq being a huge positive for Republicans come November 2008.
Despite the regrettable post-Sadam loss of life, the Iraq war has been one of the most casualty efficient wars in history, certainly for one of this duration.