Ramadan ends Oct. 12. More violence in Iraq?

2/325Falcon · #1 10-08-2007, 08:58 PM

US casualties were down for Sept. 2007. There's usually an increase in the violence in Iraq at the end of Ramadan. It will be interesting to see if the same holds true this year.

Jamougha · #2 10-08-2007, 09:15 PM

From various reports I've heard, the 'legitimate resistance' has started to decide that the Islamist factions are even worse than the Americans and is fighting them. That might explain the drop. Having said that the graph they show looks pretty much random.

gonebroke2 · #3 10-08-2007, 09:16 PM

Spinning the Iraq War Death Toll by Robert Parry
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2007/080907.html

theweatherman · #4 10-09-2007, 09:49 AM

All the end of ramadan means for me is that I can once again buy crappy egyptian liquor and beer

Cant. [censored]. Wait.

BuddyQ · #5 10-09-2007, 12:14 PM

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From various reports I've heard, the 'legitimate resistance' has started to decide that the Islamist factions are even worse than the Americans and is fighting them. That might explain the drop. Having said that the graph they show looks pretty much random.

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This article seems to support that, at least, for Sunni Iraq anyway.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...xml&page=1

Copernicus · #6 10-09-2007, 01:51 PM

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From various reports I've heard, the 'legitimate resistance' has started to decide that the Islamist factions are even worse than the Americans and is fighting them. That might explain the drop. Having said that the graph they show looks pretty much random.

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This article seems to support that, at least, for Sunni Iraq anyway.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...xml&page=1

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And of course the Telegraph tells you about, not the NYT.