This is the main story at CNN.com. The U.S. monthly death toll in Iraq has dropped to its lowest level in more than a year, although the figure is "still too high," the military said Sunday.
Attacks across Iraq have dropped "to their lowest levels" since February 2006 when the bombing of Samarra's Askariya Mosque sparked a national wave of fighting between followers of the two sects, according to Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno, commander of the Multi-National Corps.
During the past year, civilian casualties in Baghdad have dropped from an average of 32 per day to 12, Odierno said on September 20. He said violence is down 50 percent in the capital but did not elaborate on how that figure was determined.
This is what I like to hear. As I've said before, I have a brother in Baghdad right now. I want things to really calm down so he can come home ASAP.
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