Study says Surge had no "observable effect" while "Senate bill touts 'surge' in Iraq" (Lieberman!)

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"Our findings suggest that the surge has had no observable effect, except insofar as it has helped to provide a seal of approval for a process of ethno-sectarian neighborhood homogenization that is now largely achieved," Agnew's team wrote in their report.

Agnew's team used publicly available infrared night imagery from a weather satellite operated by the U.S. Air Force.

"The overall night light signature of Baghdad since the U.S. invasion appears to have increased between 2003 and 2006 and then declined dramatically from 20 March 2006 through 16 December 2007," their report said.

They said the night lights of Shi'ite-dominated Sadr City remained constant, as did lights in the Green Zone government and diplomatic compound in central Baghdad. Lights increased in the eastern New Baghdad district, another Shi'ite enclave."

Satellite images show ethnic cleanout in Iraq
Fri Sep 19
link:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080919/sc_nm/iraq_lights_dc_2


MEANWHILE..... IN THE US SENATE.......


U.S. Senate bill touts 'surge' in Iraq
Published: September 16, 2008

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- A bill before the U.S. Senate Tuesday would flaunt the strategic gains of the counterinsurgency campaign in Iraq and its effects on the so-called war on terror.Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., put forth a non-binding resolution that would "recognize the success of the troop surge … in particular, as a strategic victory in a central front on the war on terrorism."

The bill, backed by several Republicans in Senate, is a rival measure to a Democratic resolution backed by Sens. Carl Levin of Michigan and Jack Reed of Rhode Island that offers more subtle praise for the success of the counter-terrorism campaign launched in 2007.

The Lieberman provision states it is "imperative" to avoid making any premature assessment "that jeopardizes those gains or dishonors the service and sacrifices of the men and women of the United States armed forces who made those gains possible," an apparent reference to Democratic demands to set a timetable for U.S. troop withdrawal, Congressional Quarterly said.

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http://www.metimes.com/Security/2008/09/16/us_senate_bill_touts_surge_in_iraq/3c43/


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