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===Results of the Surge on casualties and terrorist attacks===
===Results of the Surge on casualties and terrorist attacks===
The surge has resulted in a 60% reduction in terrorist attacks and causalities since June of 2007 to the present.<ref>http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=48515</ref> Indeed, the year 2008 saw a decline in soldier deaths to 309 from 906 the year before.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/30/iraq.main/index.html</ref>
The surge has resulted in a 60% reduction in terrorist attacks and causalities since June of 2007 to the present.<ref>http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=48515</ref> Indeed, the year 2008 saw a decline in soldier deaths to 309 from 906 the year before.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/30/iraq.main/index.html</ref>
Many insurgents returned to [[Libya]], [[Syria]], and other places of origin to continue jihad against [[Muammar Ghadaffi]], [[Basshir al-Assad]] and other [[secular]] rulers.
==Iraq Strategy in Relation to the Global War on Terrorism==
==Iraq Strategy in Relation to the Global War on Terrorism==