"U.S., Iraqi death tolls head in opposite directionsThe U.S. troop death toll in Iraq for July -- which rose to 73 on Tuesday -- is the lowest monthly total since November, reflecting military hopes that the recent troop buildup is making strides. However, the figure is nearly twice as high as in the same month last year, while Iraqi military and civilian fatalities jumped in July."
One thing to note. July deaths were 43 last year. But the months before and after July of last year - death totals were in the 60's. That 43 month was an anomaly.
Also civilian fatalities are up over June but there still at the lowest since October of 06.
Lastly - interesting phrasing saying the military hopes the troop buildup is making strides- because Americans do not want them to succeed?
Just more evidence that CNN really wants the United States to lose this war. It is me or is it bizarre to want your country to fail? Something is odd about that.
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I heard CNN hates babies too.
"U.S., Iraqi death tolls head in opposite directionsThe U.S. troop death toll in Iraq for July -- which rose to 73 on Tuesday -- is the lowest monthly total since November, reflecting military hopes that the recent troop buildup is making strides. However, the figure is nearly twice as high as in the same month last year, while Iraqi military and civilian fatalities jumped in July." taken from your post.
"That brought to 76 the July toll of U.S. deaths in Iraq. It was the lowest monthly count in eight months, as the U.S. military said it was gaining control of former militant strongholds.
Still, it was the deadliest July for U.S. troops since the war began. For the previous three years, the month of July saw a relatively low death toll. In July 2006, 43 U.S. troops were killed in Iraq, and 54 died in each of the previous two Julys.
By contrast, July was the second-deadliest month for Iraqis so far this year, according to an Associated Press tally." taken from the Fox News article below.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,291669,00.html
So I guess Fox News is giving us misleading information too huh?
According to AP tally - well the tally I follow says something different. http://icasualties.org/oif/
And this tally seems to coincide with other tallies I read. But I can see how these numbers are hard to put together.
Washington Post had this
"Iraqi government figures released on Wednesday showed a sharp rise in the number of Iraqi civilians killed in July to 1,653."
This number is just below the estimate of my site.
Once again higher than June but way down from previous months.
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