A LOOK AT THE SECURITY SITUATION IN IRAQ. And here’s more from ABC News.

UPDATE: Civilian deaths in Iraq decline. I think you can make too much of these trends, but it’s interesting that they seem to get reported a lot more when they’re bad.

ANOTHER UPDATE: John Wixted has more warnings about mistaking random fluctuations for long-term trends. He’s right, but as I say the news coverage often seems non-random.