Pentagon Reports Sharpest Rise in Attacks On U.S., Iraqi Troops

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WASHINGTON Attacks on U.S. and Iraqi troops and Iraqi civilians jumped sharply in recent months to the highest level since Iraq regained its sovereignty in June 2004, the Pentagon told Congress on Monday in the latest indication of that country's spiraling violence.

In a report issued the same day Robert Gates took over as defense secretary, the Pentagon said that from mid-August to mid-November, the weekly average number of attacks increased 22 percent from the previous three months. The worst violence was in Baghdad and in the western province of Anbar, long the focus of activity by Sunni insurgents.

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Pentagon Reports Sharpest Rise in Attacks On U.S., Iraqi Troops

A bar chart in the Pentagon's report to Congress gave no exact numbers but...

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