Violence in Iraq has dropped by 70 percent...

...since the end of June, when U.S. forces completed their build-up of 30,000 extra troops to stabilise the war-torn country, the Interior Ministry said on Monday.

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GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT

In Baghdad, considered the epicentre of the violence because of its mix of Shi'ites and Sunni Arabs, car bombs had decreased by 67 percent and roadside bombs by 40 percent, he said. There had been a 28 percent drop in the number of bodies found dumped in the capital's streets.

Read the whole article written by Aseel Kami for Reuters here.

A 70% drop in violence since June. That's amazing. That's saving lots of American and Iraqi lives.

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