The special point to note in this article is that the folly of the Bush escalation is not merely that he ignored the mid-term elections, and not just that the war among Iraqi factions is getting worse, but as importantly, that the current Bush escalation sends American boys and girls now into the most dangerous areas in the country. When the earliest detractors of the invasion were making Viet Nam comparisons, it was precisely the urban door to door warfare, facing this time urban guerrillas that was compared to the Viet Cong who in their space knew the natural jungle to our disadvantage.
Death toll of U.S. troops in Iraq rising
WASHINGTON - More American troops were killed in combat in Iraq over the past four months; at least 334 through Jan. 31; than in any comparable stretch since the war began, according to an Associated Press analysis of casualty records." over the past four months — at least 334 through Jan. 31 — than in any comparable stretch since the war began, according to an Associated Press analysis of casualty records.
The reason is that U.S. soldiers and Marines are fighting more battles in the streets of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, and other cities. The top killer is the roadside bomb, but hostile forces also have had more success lately shooting down U.S. helicopters.
n some respects it is the urban warfare that U.S. commanders thought they had managed to largely avoid after U.S. troops entered Baghdad in early April 2003 and quickly toppled the In some respects it is the urban warfare that U.S. commanders thought they had managed to largely avoid after U.S. troops entered Baghdad in early April 2003 and quickly toppled the Saddam Hussein regime."
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