On Friday, "Brig. Gen. Richard Sherlock, deputy director for operational planning for the Pentagon's Joint Chiefs of Staff, said violence in Iraq 'has continued to decline and is at the lowest level since June 2006.'"
This morning, the Associated Press says its count of Iraqi civilian deaths in 2007 is running nearly double the number in 2006.
This is, perhaps, what they mean when they say the results of the surge of US military forces into Iraq are mixed.
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