It's no secret to people who have been following the news that, despite the phony declarations from the Administration and its defenders, attacks on American troops have not been restricted to the Sunni areas of central Iraq, the so-called "Sunni triangle."
But according to this report, the Defense Department's internal information indicates that around 40% of the attacks on US troops since President Bush declared "Mission Accomplished" on May 1 have come from outside the "Sunni triangle" area.
Guerrilla war in Iraq spreading Boston Globe 11/29/03
<< Since the end of major combat operations on May 1, nearly 40 percent of attacks on US and coalition targets have been outside the Sunni Triangle, home to many remnants of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's regime, according to internal Defense Department reports obtained by the Globe.
<< The monthly breakdown is classified, but Defense Department officials confirmed that the number of attacks occurring in the far north, south, and far western Iraq -- areas outside the Sunni Triangle, which is immediately north and west of the capital of Baghdad -- has increased in recent months. ...
<< Since May, when major combat operations were declared over, a total of 2,227 guerrilla attacks took place in the Sunni Triangle, according to figures as of the end of last week. The rest of the country has had 1,416 attacks, most of them against occupation forces. >>
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