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Having by then, of course, a better feel for the security situation, the improvements and the capabilities of our Iraqi counterparts, and the enemy situation.
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He then reported the situation and engaged the enemy with a hand grenade, providing suppression as another Ranger moved to his position.
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Dr Spagat points out that, if their model is correct, it makes casualty data useful in a situation where intelligence about the enemy is hard to come by as seems to be the case in Iraq at the moment.
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However, as Iraq has shown, our casualties are reduced exponentially as the situation improves and the local population willingly provides critical intelligence and even takes the fight to the enemy themselves.
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