[Marine_Uncle]

Good post. Let us hope these statistics continue to show the insurgency subsiding. Things can change quite a bit in a moments time. But perhaps if a vast number of Sunni who have cooperated with the insurgency throw in the towel for real, things are really going to improve from the security point.
One thing for sure is the zman no longer is welcome by all indications. Hopefully he will be grabbed soon.

[strategofr]

"But perhaps if a vast number of Sunni who have cooperated with the insurgency throw in the towel for real, things are really going to improve from the security point."

All points in your post well taken. The other side of the point above is---getting more Sunnis to turn the terrorists into the Iraqi authorities.