Iraq forces gain more control, but lose more lives

saltwn · #1 (**permalink**) 10-01-2008, 12:46 AM

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BAGHDAD (AP) - The number of Iraqi security forces killed in September rose by nearly a third to 159 compared with the same period last year, Associated Press figures showed Tuesday. U.S. troop deaths for the same period fell by nearly 40 percent to 25. The figures are a sign that U.S. military is...The figures are a sign that U.S. military is increasingly relying on the Iraqis, including U.S.-allied Sunni fighters, to take the lead in operations so they can assume responsibility for their own security and let the Americans eventually withdraw...But even as Iraqi security forces are taking the lead and violence in the country has plunged some 80 percent over the past 15 months, cautious Pentagon leaders have resisted calls for more rapid and hefty troop pullouts.

My Way News - Iraq forces gain more control, but lose more lives

I wish it was that simple.

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One potential source of conflict comes this week, when the Shiite-led government begins to assume authority over tens of thousands of Sunni fighters who turned against al-Qaida in Iraq

faithful_servant · #2 (**permalink**) 10-01-2008, 10:37 AM

More Iraqi forces in the field is going to equate to more deaths among Iraqi forces. It's crappy reporting, IMO. If the article was doen with integrity, it would have reported on the % of Iraqi troops in the field being killed. I'd love to see how that number is changing, my guess is that the % would be in decline, due to the increased number of Iraqi forces in the field. Basically it works this way:

If the number of deaths tripled, but the number of Iraqi troops in the field quadrupled at the same time, then the % goes down.

cnredd · #3 (**permalink**) 10-01-2008, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by faithful_servant

More Iraqi forces in the field is going to equate to more deaths among Iraqi forces. It's crappy reporting, IMO. If the article was doen with integrity, it would have reported on the % of Iraqi troops in the field being killed. I'd love to see how that number is changing, my guess is that the % would be in decline, due to the increased number of Iraqi forces in the field. Basically it works this way:

If the number of deaths tripled, but the number of Iraqi troops in the field quadrupled at the same time, then the % goes down.

It's a complete lack of this that has annoyed me for months...

here's a nice little stat that equates to this...

"More boxers get hit when they enter the ring and start actually fighting"...

OF COURSE deaths will go up!...that's because there's CONFRONTATION!...

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