Big News from Baghdad, Peter Wehner – Clarissa Ward, ABC News
If youre looking for one measure of the impact of last years troop surge in Iraq, look at Gen. David Petraeus as he walks through a Baghdad neighborhood, with no body armor, and no helmet. Its been one year since the beginning of whats known here as Operation Fardh Al Qadnoon. According to the U.S. military, violence is down 60 percent. One key to the success is reconciliation. ** A big part of the effort, over the last year, has been to determine who is reconcilable, who, literally, is willing to put down his rifle and talk, who is willing to shout, instead of shoot. Petraeus said.