Richard Sprague

NYTimes: State of Iraq

The New York Times publishes a handy Fact-based update on the current state of Iraq.


Two-page table of Iraq security and economic indicators, April 2003 to October 2004, showing rising insurgent attacks


(Click on the image to see the details)

Note that although the percentage of people who say the country is better off since the war is largely unchanged from last year (about 40%), those who are optimistic about the future remains high too: 65%.

Also note that on many other dimensions life is greatly improving: in the past six months oil revenue is up 25%, telephone subscribership is almost double, electric production is up, etc.
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