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POPS The Return Of Thousands Of Baghdad Residents They fled to Syria six months ago, leaving behind what had become one of the capital's more dangerous districts — west Baghdad's largely Sunni Khadra region. They had been living inside a vicious and bloody turf battle between al-Qaeda in Iraq and Mahdi Army militiamen. Azawi said things began changing, becoming more peaceful, in August when radical anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his Mahdi Army fighters to stand down nationwide
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POPSWe Surge: Iraqis Dawdle As I understand it, the current primary mission for US troops in Iraq is holding the country together -- i.e. creating an environment that is safe enough for the Iraqis to form a viable government and to train enough troops and police to sustain that government. We're doing our part, but the Iraqi leadership seems to be making little, if any, progress toward establishing a sustainable government. A firm timetable for the withdrawal of American troops just might spur the Iraqi leadership into action, but announcing a withdrawal timetable is militarily insane. If the enemy knows when you're leaving, all they have to do is wait for you to go. How do we get out of this Catch-22 situation?
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