It's A Record!!

On a couple of fronts.  Via Think Progress, we look at troop numbers in Iraq and our warm weather.

Number of troops in Iraq reaches highest level of war.

Well over four years since the Iraq war began, “the number of US troops in Iraq has hit its highest level since the beginning of the war,” with approximately 162,00 forces currently on the ground. Shortly after the invasion, then-Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said, “It’s hard to conceive that it would take more forces [...]

Record-breaking extreme weather.

The World Meteorological Organization reports that temperature measurements from early 2007 indicate the warmest period ever recorded: In January and April 2007 it is likely that global land surface temperatures ranked warmest since records began in 1880, 1.89°C warmer than average for January and 1.37°C warmer than average for April. Several regions have experienced extremely heavy [...]

Tags: U.S. Troops in Iraq, Global Warming

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