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In Iraq, since the final surge forces arrived in June, our operations against terrorists and extremist groups have had a sustained positive effect. Overall violence is down in many areas of Iraq. For example, in and around Baghdad, terrorist operations are down by 59 percent; operations targeting Iraqi security forces are down over 60 percent; car bombs are down by 65 percent; fatalities due to car combs have decreased by 81 percent; casualties due to enemy attacks are down by 77 percent; and the violence during this last Ramadan period was the lowest in three years.

Another example: in Al Anbar province, last week we had no casualties, killed or wounded in action. And that's the first time in recent memory that I can be able to say that.

Overall casualties in Iraq have continued to decrease, even though coalition forces have conducted a variety of operations throughout the country.

While this is indeed encouraging, al Qaeda in Iraq, other extremist groups and criminal elements in Iraq continue to be major threats. The likelihood that those groups will attempt spectacular attacks, especially in places like northern Iraq and in and around different areas of Baghdad, remains significant.

The continuing rise of concerned local citizens groups and the increasing capacity of the Iraqi security forces is very encouraging, and we believe we'll continue to see positive effects.

You remember Anbar, right?

The rest of the news conference has some other interesting items on various other subjects. That business about the B-2 should raise some antennae here. I checked, and the story appears on other mainstream sources.