PIERCE WETTER’S MONTHLY ANALYSIS OF THE BROOKINGS DATA FROM IRAQ IS UP. Lots of interesting graphics, and this: “First off, US soldiers killed in Iraq continues to fall. This is the 5th straight month. Even IED deaths, after a brief surge in February are down to their lowest level since I started keeping track. Let me say that again. The #1 cause of death for US soldiers in Iraq was at its lowest level in March.”

Read the whole thing, though, as he thinks we’re moving into a new phase of the war.

UPDATE: Note, too, that (as mentioned here before) Brookings’ civilian casualty figures for last month appear to be incomplete.