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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: Sully- who wrote (689)1/6/2004 11:42:12 AM
From: Sully-   of 35834
 
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Ambushes, including roadside bombs, have become smaller and less frequent. There were 250 of them in November, 200 in December and the trend continues. The amount of explosives (often several artillery and mortar shells rigged to explode) has declined to the point were many of the bombs do little damage unless a vehicle is right next to it. Raids have seized a lot of bomb making material over the last few months. Better scouting and surveillance by American troops has caused the bombers to place their explosives among civilians, but this usually just hurts more Iraqis than Americans. The supply convoys are only attacked once or twice a day, and usually without much effect. Most of the ambushes are of combat patrols or civil affairs troops going about their business (visiting local Iraqi leaders and aid projects.)

Most of the attacks were along a few stretches of road. Months of detective work and lots of raid broke up the local groups of fighters, and played a major role in decreasing the attacks. There were also a lot of casualties among attackers, which made it more popular to plant bombs. But UAVs, snipers and stake-outs even made this dangerous.
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About 20 percent of the attacks, and all the suicide bombings, are al Qaeda,
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