A Look at War-Related Violence in Iraq

On Thursday, Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, cited a 60 percent decline in violence in the country over the past six months.

A look at U.S. military deaths during this period, according to an Associated Press count:

_U.S. military deaths dropped 63 percent, from 101 in June 2007 to 37 in November 2007.

_U.S. military deaths in Baghdad also have decreased by 78 percent, from 40 deaths in June 2007 to nine deaths in November 2007.

_Deaths from improvised explosive devices (IEDs) continue to be highest incident type but dropped by 72 percent since this summer.

_Other combat related casualties (deaths from small arms fire, rocket propelled grenades, etc.) also dropped by 68 percent.

_Deaths from non-combat incidents, however, increased by 33 percent since June 2007.

U.S. military deaths, by month in the past six months:

— 101 — June

— 78 — July

— 84 — August

— 65 — September

— 38 — October

— 37 — November

Iraqi civilian deaths from war-related violence have dropped 56 percent over the past six months, from at least 1,640 in June to 718 in November, according to the AP count. The month-by-month totals:

— 718 — November

— 921 — October

— 1023 — September

— 1956 — August

— 2021 — July

— 1640 — June.

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Source: The Associated Press News and Information Research Center.

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