Good news is no news

Attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq have fallen "dramatically" since the Jan. 30 elections and are down 25% since last fall's attack on Fallujah, the AP reports. Again one senses a corner being turned.

Where does The Seattle Times play this rather interesting news, after months of drumbeat coverage of quagmire? As a brief on A9, the least prominent of four war stories on a slow day, with a tiny 1/18/2 headline.