Then maybe you can explain why the US bodycount is rising every month?
Actually the bodycount is not rising. Its not a steady thing, some months are worse then others. As a whole they are going down. Secondly do you realize we have had fewer casulties during three years of this conflict than in each of the following peacetime years! 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983,1984,1985,1986. I was in from 84-87.
In the Vietnam War, the military was well know for including civilian casualties with the NVA or VietCong. Capured foreign nationals etc has no meaning unless you can prove they are insurgent fighters or terrorist. Further, a couple of guys a month is meaningless if you dont know the exact number of fighters or terrorist operating in the country. And how many of these tip offs are actually useful?
They estimate the Terrorist total at about 20,000, and foreign nationals making up about 2000 of those, of the Suicide Attacks though they estimate that 90% of all suicide attacks are carried out by foriegn terrorist. Interesting don't you think? Guess Iraqi Terrorist are not as willing to die for a cause as the foriegners are. And maybe thats why 7 of the terrorist groups are now wanting to talk to the government and get involved in it.
The cause for the drop in the number of foriegn terrorist being caught is being attributed to two things, 1, they are blowing themselves up and not being replaced as fast as they were (no wonder) and 2, the borders are being secured bette than our own here at home.
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Oh and the number of actionable tips, (those that they can act on and do and get something from it) was at 80% last time I checked. I have written a few articles on this check back on some of my other post.