Study Of Satellite Imagery Casts Doubt On Surge's Success In Baghdad
Monday, September 22, 2008 - 09:14
in Astronomy & Space
By tracking the amount of light emitted by Baghdad neighborhoods at night, a team geographers have uncovered fresh evidence that last year's troop surge in Iraq may not have worked as well as billed by the US military. Night light in embattled neighborhoods declined dramatically just before the 2007 surge and never returned, suggesting that Iraqi ethnic cleansing did the job for which the US military has claimed credit.