How Much Worse Did It Get In Iraq In 2005? A Lot

There were 34,131 insurgent attacks in Iraq during 2005, an increase of 29 percent from 2004.
The number of insurgent attacks involving improvised explosive devices (IEDs), or roadside bombs, increased to 10,593 in 2005 from 5,607 in 2004, the military said. This figure includes IEDs found and eliminated by U.S. forces before rebels had a chance to detonate them.