Oh, they are still dying in Iraq. Nothing new there. But, since we left the daily death toll is far less now.

by Margaret Griffis, January 26, 2013

...In Falluja, (click here) mourners attended funerals for demonstrators killed when soldiers fired upon them yesterday. Three attacks, that were likely in retaliation, took place across the city. A sniper shot and killed a soldier on the outskirts of town. Gunmen killed another soldier during an attack at a checkpoint. Four more soldiers were kidnapped. Other clashes were reported. Also, two civilians were wounded when soldier fired upon them just south of the city.

An I.E.D. killed three soldiers and wounded a fourth in Seniya.

A woman was killed at her home in Arab Jabour.

A police official was shot dead in Tuz Khormato.

In Mosul, gunmen wounded a preacher during an attack on a school.

This was Falluja. It was the Thanksgiving Massacre. Now, why is it that Iraqis do better? Won't you be happy with less death, than the death that reigned then?

By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.
and ROBERT F. WORTH
Published: November 8, 2004

...Hours earlier, Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, (click here) faced with an expanding outbreak of insurgent violence across the country, formally proclaimed a state of emergency for 60 days across most of Iraq. The proclamation gave him broad powers that allow him to impose curfews, order house-to-house searches and detain suspected criminals and insurgents.
The first of several thousand marines in tanks, Humvees and armored personnel carriers began taking up positions on Monday morning along the northern edge of the city to prepare for an attack, and American jets began bombing targets.
Between 10,000 and 15,000 American soldiers and marines backed by newly trained Iraqi forces were besieging Falluja for what American commanders said was likely to be a brutal, block-by-block battle to retake control and capture, kill or disperse an estimated 3,000 to 4,000 hard-core insurgent fighters. The battle could prove the most important since the American invasion of Iraq 19 months ago....

So, like I stated so long ago, Iraq really is three distinct regions and will, in time, become distinct countries. I am fairly sure of that.