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April 27, 2005

Iraq Breaks World Record for Terrorism

According to Knight-Ridder,

Terrorists staged nearly 200 significant attacks in Iraq in 2004, exceeding the record number of strikes worldwide the year before, according to data the Bush administration gave to Congress but has been withholding from the public.

The total didn't include some Iraqi insurgent attacks and more than 100 operations by foreign terrorists in Iraq because they didn't fit the State Department's strict criteria of what constitutes an international terrorist attack.

Yes, folks, the number of terrorist strikes in Iraq alone last year crushed the record for the entire world, which was itself set the year before.

The data raised questions about President Bush's claim that the United States and its allies are winning the war on terrorism and came as the Pentagon acknowledged that violence in Iraq remains as high as last year.

"In terms of incidents, it's right about where it was a year ago," Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Tuesday.

So, you see, terrorism is up, and the insurgency is just as strong as it was a year ago. Conclusion: the U.S. is losing. Right?

Gen Myers also insists the US and coalition forces are winning the war and is confident of military victory.

"I'm going to say this: I think we are winning, okay. I think we're definitely winning. I think we've been winning for some time," Myers told reporters.

By the way, the administration wasn't even going to release these numbers because they knew how devastating they were. Thank goodness for partisan politics! At least it motivated the Democrats to force the administration's hand on this.

(Links courtesy Antiwar.com.)

Posted by Mike Tennant at April 27, 2005 11:14 AM

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