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...Surge's Shaky Success Michael Duffy and Mark Kukis wrote an informative article on why the surge has worked [Feb. 11]. However, I feel that your reporters overlooked possibly the most important reason that the violence in Iraq subsided: millions of Iraqi refugees have fled neighborhoods to escape sectarian cleansing. Our military personnel have fought bravely and well during their deployment in Iraq, but much of the sectarian violence has stopped simply because in many Iraqi neighborhoods there aren't any enemies left to kill. Jim Bettag, De Soto...
...saying we found WMD in Iraq and New Orleans has been rebuilt. The measure of success for the surge was to have been progress in passing legislation in Iraq. Despite the expenditure of billions of dollars and the lost lives of more than 900 brave soldiers and countless Iraqi citizens, very little has been accomplished on the political front. In a few months, we may have the same number of troops stationed in Iraq as before the surge and still have to decide if we want to follow the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group. Larry Nicholl, Nauvoo...
...cars, offices and projects. But no such flags fly in Baghdad. Not one of these groups has a presence there. Even as levels of violence have gone down - January was the safest month in Baghdad in two years - aid agencies have still been extremely slow to return to the Iraqi capital...
...erupted in Karbala. Thousands of pilgrims had gathered in the city for a Shi'ite festival. Some Sadrists who turned up for the event got into an altercation with local security forces, who are largely loyal to the Sadr movement's chief Shi'ite factional rival, the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC). Things escalated, and a street tussle turned into a gun battle that left more than 50 people dead and roughly 500 wounded. The Sadrists took the blame for starting the episode, with many Shi'ites viewing the Mahdi Army fighters as thugs causing trouble...
...control of everything from gas stations to sacred shrines. The Karbala incident seemed to shock both sides into cooling tensions. But the recent statements suggest the agreement is unraveling. If so, it could draw U.S. troops back into conflict with the Mahdi Army as they work to support Iraqi security forces...