Iraqi army spokesman: only 10 bodies had been reported by the Baghdad morgue today

[sabra]

:crazy:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070216/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

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Iraqi army Brig. Gen. Qassim Moussawi, a spokesman for the Baghdad commander, said only 10 bodies had been reported by the morgue in the capital, compared to an average of 40 to 50 per day.

"This shows a big reduction in terror and killing operations in Baghdad," he said on Iraqi state television.

Maj. Gen. Joseph Fil, commander of U.S. forces in Baghdad, also reported a reduction in violence, attributing it to both the increased U.S. and Iraqi security presence and an apparent decision by the militias and insurgents to lay low.

"They're watching us carefully. There's an air of suspense throughout the city. We believe, there's no question about it, that many of these extremists are laying low and watching to see what it is we do and how we do it. How long that will last, we don't know," he said.

[Mandate My Ass]

1. wow. such good news

except for the ten dead guys. :eyes:

[atreides1]

2. OH

So now they're letting them report the number of dead?

[liberal N proud]

4. 10 is all they probably would allow them to report

[rock]

3. And they say the good news from Iraq goes unreported

This'll show 'em!

[Tin Man]

7. LOL !

Dark, but funny...

[Porcupine]

5. Are we shooting anything that moves?

We have proven before that we can cut the daily body count in Iraq. We just announce a curfew and have the helicopter gunships shoot at any movement. Nobody leaves the buildings so the death count goes down. Unfourtunately it's hard to live in a city if you can't leave the building you're in ever.

It won't last.

[acmavm]

6. Everybody's laying low. The Iraqis have a lifetime to spend

waiting. They live there.

[Beelzebud]

8. If that damned morgue would cut it out with all the bad news, we'd have won this war by now!

[fed-up]

9. the rest were unceremoniously dumped in the river..... nt