Al Jazeera reports good news from Iraq

First the NY Times, now this! Via Iraqupdates.com:

Six weeks after the deployment of 28,000 additional troops was
complete, the US military says it has seen a dramatic drop in US troop deaths in
July and the death rate for Iraqi civilians is also down.
In April, the
number of US soldiers who died was 104, spiked in May at 126 dead, and decreased
slightly with 101 troops dead in June. For the month of July, at least 69
US soldiers have died, about half the casualties in May. Overall violence
is also down, with the Iraqi police saying the number of civilian deaths
decreased by 36 per cent, from an estimated high of 1,900 in May to 1,342 in
June.

This is proof that a counter-insurgent strategy, properly applied as Gen. Petraeus has done, can bring results. If only we had done this sooner, but this is most welcome. We may get out of Iraq soon now, and not the way some would like to see it, with our tails between our legs!

H/T to Bill Roggio.