Posted on 11/15/2007 9:21:38 AM PST by jdm
BAGHDAD - Iran's commitments to stem the flow of weapons and explosives into Iraq "appear to be holding up" and have contributed to a sharp drop in roadside bombs across the country, a U.S. general said Thursday.
Maj. Gen. James Simmons, a deputy corps commander, said that in October, U.S. forces logged 1,560 cases in which bombs were either found and exploded.
That compared with 3,239 incidents in March, he said. The October figure was the lowest since September 2005, he added.
In August, Iraqi authorities said Iranian officials promised Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that they would stem the flow of weapons and ammunition smuggled to extremists in Iraq.
Since then, U.S. military officials have reported finding fewer "explosively formed penetrators," a particularly deadly form of roadside bomb they believe come from Iran.
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Why is MSNBC reporting this good news? Wont this make their masters at the DNC unhappy?
Because it suggests that Iran is so benign not to send IEDs instead of emphasizing that the US work and fight, aswell as Iraqi awakening have crippled the terrorists.
I think we need a Free Republic policy that when one of these good news stories about Iraq is posted that “(more bad news for ‘rats)” must follow the title!
Looks like the $600,000 that Code Pink gave them ran out.
“Iran’s commitments to stem the flow of weapons and explosives into Iraq ‘appear to be holding up’ “
And I’m sure that’s happening just because Iran’s leaders are such stand up guys, not because we put the fear of God into them, you know, the same tough talk Dems. called irresponsible and jingoistic. Well guess what pukes, it saved American lives! So stuff it!
I don’t know about the lamentation of the rats, but when I see good Iraq/WOT news, I move it to the FR Front Page, unlike the NY Times, which buries it on page A19.
Appologists trying to imply that any good news in Iraq is because of other powers or circumstances and certainly not any US policy.
Good news bump.
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