Saturday, July 21, 2007

Not your Blogging Tory news: July 21, 2007.


So ... how's that "surge" going? Uh oh ...

Daily attacks in Iraq hit new high in June

WASHINGTON, July 20 (Reuters) - Attacks in Iraq last month reached their highest daily average since May 2003, showing a surge in violence as President George W. Bush completed a buildup of U.S. troops, Pentagon statistics show.

The data, obtained by Reuters from the Defense Department, showed an upward trend in daily attacks over the past four months, when U.S. and Iraqi forces were ramping up operations against insurgents and militants, including al Qaeda, in Iraq.

You might as well read it here, because you sure as hell won't read it there.

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