When the number of our troops killed in Iraq went down for the fifth month in March, I noted that it would be tough to match that trend in April. Especially when the beginning of the month saw a flash flood kill a lot all at once in a vehicle accident.
Well, we've surpassed March already and we still have nearly two weeks to go in April.
It may take a bit to see why our casualties have gone up. One thing I can conclude for sure is that our decline before wasn't because we were avoiding combat.
Still, with one general reporting that al Qaeda is reducing their efforts in Iraq after failing to halt democracy, I'd expect the trend to continue down despite the April numbers. Such a withdrawal would be consistent with past al Qaeda statements about the bad impact of elections and democracy in Iraq on al Qaeda fortunes.
About Me
- Brian J. Dunn
- I live and write in Ann Arbor, Michigan. University of Michigan AB and MA from Eastern Michigan University. One term in the Michigan Army National Guard. Former American history instructor and retired nonpartisan research analyst. I write on Blogger and Substack. Various military and private journals have published my occasional articles on military subjects. See "My Published Works" on the TDR web version or under the mobile version drop-down menu for citations and links.
