“The number of American troops and Iraqi civilians killed in the war fell in September to levels not seen in more than a year. The US military said the lower count was at least partly a result of new strategies and 30,000 additional forces deployed this year,”

i.e., the surge is working.

Also yesterday:

Locals are building cities up with oil revenue, as Bush said was happening. There has been a 40% decline in deaths, citizen deaths in Iraq during Ramadan.

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Associated Press:

Iraqi Deaths Fall by 50 Percent