 | Report: U.S. can't win Iraq war
Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Analysis concludes the United States is
headed toward defeat in the Iraqi war.
Among factors cited:
-- U.S. military fatalities from hostile acts rose from an average of
about 17 per month in May 2003 to a current average of 82 per month;
-- The average number of U.S. soldiers wounded by hostile acts per
month has spiraled from 142 to 808 during the same period;
-- Attacks on the U.S.-led coalition since November 2003 rose from 735
a month to 2,400 in October;
-- The average number of mass-casualty bombings has grown from zero in
the first few months of the U.S.-led occupation to an average of 13 per
month; and
-- Electricity production has been below prewar levels since October.
"All the trend lines we can identify are all in the wrong direction,"
said Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institution, a Washington policy
research organization.
http://washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20050122-094419-5388r.htm
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