does anyone know where i can find the number of attacks against american and/or coalition forces broken down on a day-by-day or week-by-week basis?
as i mentioned before, attacks against american forces always seem to be characterized as a "surge" relating to some other event. thus, just before the january 30th election every attack was called "pre-election violence" or part of a "pre-election spike" in the number of attacks, just as prior to that time there had been talk of "spike" preceding the june 30th handover of sovereignty, the u.s. presidential election, etc. the idea of a "spike" or surge" is a kind of implicit promise. it suggests to the readers of the story: if we can just get through _____ event, everything will get better.
so now that there's enough time to look at actual data, it seems fair to ask whether, in fact, things are better. it's been a month and a half since the iraqi elections and there are still plenty of horrible attacks in iraq. apparently the purple fingers were not a panacea, but is it better? does anyone know how to find out?
