I wonder how many Credentialed Media sites will publish this story? CBS picks up the AP story, July Sees Lowest US Death Toll In Iraq
The monthly U.S. toll in Iraq fell to its lowest point since the war began, with at least 10 American deaths as July drew to a close Thursday after the departure of the last surge brigade.
Iraqis also are dying at dramatically lower numbers with the war in its sixth year. July saw the lowest civilian toll since December 2005, though a series of suicide bombings this week and rising ethnic tensions in northern Iraq reflect the fragility of the security successes.
An Associated Press tally shows that at least 510 Iraqi civilians and security force members were killed in July, a 75 percent drop from the 2,021 deaths in the same period last year as the U.S. troop buildup aimed at quelling rampant Sunni-Shiite violence was nearing its peak.
Excellent. And, if Barry Obama and so many other Democrats had had their way, the United States would have slunk away like a mongrel pup with its tail between its legs. Has The Surge worked, Barack? Hello? Messiah? Messiah? Messiah?
And which candidate supported and pushed for the strategy to allow the US to win in Iraq?
Reuters has a similar story, which the New York Times sort of picked up.
