REDUCED VIOLENCE IN IRAQ ENABLES MORE EMPHASIS ON LONG-TERM STABILITY

From: Regulatory Intelligence Data | Date: December 10, 2007| Author: INDSTRY GROUP 91 | Copyright information


Regulatory Intelligence Data

12-10-2007

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2007 - Violence in Iraq has been stabilized enough
to allow governmental, economic and social advances to move forward, a
Multinational Corps Iraq official said. Violence levels are at their lowest
since January 2006, Army Brig. Gen. Joseph Anderson, the command's chief
of staff, reported during a conference call with online journalists and
"bloggers" Dec. 7. Anderson attributed the downwar...

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