U.S. DROPPED SIX TIMES AS MANY BOMBS ON IRAQ LAST YEAR THAN IN 2006

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WASH POST - The U.S. military conducted more than five times as many
airstrikes in Iraq last year as it did in 2006, targeting al-Qaeda safe
houses, insurgent bombmaking facilities and weapons stockpiles in an
aggressive strategy aimed at supporting the U.S. troop increase by
overwhelming enemies with air power. . .
The U.S.-led coalition dropped 1,447 bombs on Iraq last year, an average
of nearly four a day, compared with 229 bombs, or about four each week,
in 2006.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2008/01/16/AR2008011604148.html


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