Iraq In Chaos

By Anyone's Definition...

Chaos is not just the current definition, it has been the definition since the initial onslaught into Iraq.   There is nothing to stop much less reverse the pattern that the Generals are now tracking.   How ironic that their chart ends in blood red...

The New York Times
Military Charts Movement of Conflict in Iraq Toward Chaos


By MICHAEL R. GORDON

Published: November 1, 2006


A one-page slide shown at the Oct. 18 briefing provides a rare glimpse into how the military command that oversees the war is trying to track its trajectory, particularly in terms of sectarian fighting.



The slide includes a color-coded bar chart that is used to illustrate an "Index of Civil Conflict." It shows a sharp escalation in sectarian violence since the bombing of a Shiite shrine in Samarra in February, and tracks a further worsening this month despite a concerted American push to tamp down the violence in Baghdad.



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