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On the front page of the NY Times:
BAGHDAD, Nov. 18 - The American military said
Sunday that the weekly number of attacks in Iraq had fallen to the
lowest level since just before the February 2006 bombing of the
Shiite shrine in Samarra, an event commonly used as a benchmark for
the country's worst spasm of bloodletting after the American
invasion nearly five years ago.
Conventional wisdom has held that Iraq would be the dominant issue
in the 2008 elections, and that it would favor Democrats as it did
in 2006. But if these trends continue, that analysis will have to
be revised. Less violence means less news reports on attacks, which
could mean a reduced sense of urgency among Americans for
withdrawal, or even a more mixed attitude on how soon we should
withdraw. Take Iraq out of the arsenal of issues Democrats can
reliably use against Republicans, and we're looking at a much
different election.
Data released at a news conference in Baghdad showed that attacks had declined to the lowest level since January 2006. It is the third week in a row that attacks have been at this reduced level.
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