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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>
==Iraq Strategy in Relation to the Global War on Terrorism==