"Petraeus Spin on IED War Belied by Soaring Casualties" By Gareth Porter*

WASHINGTON, Sep 9, 2010 (IPS) - Gen. David Petraeus claimed limited success this week in the war within a war over the Taliban's planting of roadside bombs, but official Pentagon data shows the Taliban clearly winning that war by planting more bombs and killing many more U.S. and NATO troops since the troop surge began in early 2010.