Iraq - Pentagon Releases Grim Report

Moans the New York Times headline. It's not until the 9th paragraph that we are told this:

The period of the study does not cover either a surge in bloody attacks during the past week nor a relatively low number of civilian casualties earlier in the month; a joint American-Iraqi security campaign in Baghdad is expected to contribute to a relatively low civilian death toll for all of August.

So, just what is the true situation now? The opposite of what the Times reports, of course.