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Pentagon: Fewer attacks on Iraq convoys Published: July 22, 2008 at 7:58 AM BAGHDAD, July 22 (UPI) -- There are far fewer attacks on Iraq truck convoys carrying supplies for rebuilding projects now than in previous years, U.S. military officials say. U.S. Defense Department statistics show through June 2008, there were 93 attacks on 6,100 logistics and supply convoys in Iraq, an average of about 1.5 percent. That compares to an attack rate as high as 20 percent in late 2006 and early 2007, USA Today reported Tuesday. The convoys are carried out by Iraqi companies and use local drivers to deliver building materials for U.S.-sponsored reconstruction projects as well as equipment for Iraqi security forces, the newspaper said. It noted there are also more convoys on the road this year. "The improved security obviously is allowing us to move more (supplies), but there also has been a large increase in demand for the services," Col. Gary Pease, an Iraq regional chief of staff for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, told USA Today. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
