Perhaps the first good news in 2010?

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No U.S. combat-related deaths in Iraq in December

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/...ths/index.html

December was the first month since the beginning of the Iraq war in which there were no U.S. combat deaths, the U.S. military reported.

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Casualties also have decreased among Iraqis, with Interior Ministry officials reporting in late November that the civilian death toll fell that month to its lowest level since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.

A very nice Christmas present.