Is Obama wrong on Iraq? Baghdad violence worst in year

McClatchy by Corinne Reilly, Hussein Kadhim | Apr. 30, 2009 (News Analysis)

President Barack Obama acknowledged Wednesday night that violence has risen in recent weeks, but he said the levels of violence were still below last year's. Full Story »

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Glenn LaBauve
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 by Glenn LaBauve - May. 1, 2009

While the statisics are factual, they leave much to be examined. the fact that the increase in activity is numerous death in a small number of car bombs means the bad guys hve gotten more effective or lucky, not that the level of violence has increased.

To draw a football analogy in fianl score or 18-9, who scored more most people would say the 18, but it could represent 3, to 9 scores and the 9 could reprent 3 or 4 scores with the variable being the point value of each score,

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