Interesting pattern in the deaths of US military in Iraq

[Bucky]

Basedon info from Cryptome.com, I've noticed a strange pattern to US fatalities.



Apparently Monday is the deadliest day for US personnel, accounting for over one-fourth of our losses. Only 3.7 percent have died on Saturdays. The second lowest mortality day is Sunday, with 11% of the total losses. That Sunday number is at least well within the norm for a single standard variation (all things being equal, there should be about 14% of the week's deaths happening on each day of the week).

I'm not suggesting that the insurgents are taking the weekends off or anything. But with this big a discrepancy, you have to wonder what the causes are. What are our guys doing different on Saturday? What are they doing wrong on Mondays?

The raw numbers are these:
Sun (60)
Mon (130)
Tue (99)
Wed (76)
Thu (69)
Fri. (87)
Sat (20)

[On the Road]

1. I've Heard That Planning Is Done at Mosques

where Muslim men can meet without suspicion. That would be on Friday. Allow a couple of days' lead time -- maybe take the Western weekend into account -- and Monday is the start of the insurgent work week.