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Violent attacks in Iraq are at their lowest level since March of 2004.  No wonder Obama and the rest of the Democrats have lost interest in the war.

The U.S. military said Sunday that the number of attacks by militants in the last week dropped to a level not seen in Iraq since March 2004.

About 300 violent incidents were recorded in the seven-day period that ended Friday, down from a weekly high of nearly 1,600 in mid-June last year, according to a chart provided by the military.

The announcement appeared aimed at allaying fears that an uprising by militiamen loyal to radical Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada Sadr could unravel security gains since 28,500 additional American troops were deployed in Iraq in a buildup that reached its height in June.

The best part?  A significant amount of the decrease in violence is being credited to Iraqi security forces:

Navy Rear Adm. Patrick Driscoll, a military spokesman, credited the decrease to a series of operations launched by the Iraqi government in the last two months to extend control over parts of the country that have been under the sway of armed Sunni Arab and Shiite militants. They include crackdowns in the southern oil hub of Basra, the northern city of Mosul and Baghdad’s Sadr City district.

What does this mean?  That soon, regardless of who is winning or losing in the political elections, our troops will begin returning home from Iraq.  And they’ll be coming home victorious, though you can bet that the liberal mouthpieces in the media won’t report it that way.