Namun Wakil Menteri Pertahanan tersebut mengakui pada pertemuan satu komite Senat mengenai anggaran 2008 bahwa telah tersiar laporan mengenai turunnya pembunuhan antar-pengikut aliran di negeri itu.
But the deputy defense secretary acknowleged at a Senate committee hearing on the 2008 budget that there had been reports of fewer sectarian killings in the country.