Is the war being fought wrongly...?
Why are American soldiers patrolling any part of Iraq...??
Shouldn't the Iraqi military/security forces be taking a more
active role in patrolling their own country/ASAP....????
7 U.S. troops die in Iraq violence
AP - 57 minutes ago
BAGHDAD - The U.S. military on Sunday announced the deaths of seven more troops in Iraq, including four killed by a roadside bomb while patrolling western Baghdad — the latest American casualties in a monthlong security crackdown in the capital.
LONDON (AFP) - The US commander in Iraq said Sunday that there are "encouraging signs" that a sharp increase in American troops will help quell violence in Iraq, according to a BBC interview.
US President George W. Bush had revealed in January that he was sending 21,500 extra troops into Iraq in the coming months, while the arrival of a further 2,400 was announced in March.
General David Petraeus told the BBC that sectarian attacks had fallen in recent weeks, with two of the five extra US brigades now on the ground in Iraq.
Despite the "encouraging signs," Petraeus cautioned that he did not want to get "overly optimistic at all on the basis of several weeks of a reduced sectarian murder rate," according to the BBC.
Petraeus was quoted as saying: "By early June, we should then have everyone roughly in place -- and that will allow us to establish the density in partnership with Iraqi security forces that you need to really get a good grip on the security situation."
2007-03-18
05:04:24
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