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Surge Fails to Quell Baghdad

US forces control only a third of Iraqi capital, new report says

By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 4, 2007 11:18 AM CDT

(Newser) – U.S. and Iraqi forces control only a fraction of Baghdad, despite the three-month-old troop surge. An internal assessment leaked to the Times found two thirds of the city's neighborhoods are still in open rebellion, although surge architects planned to have Baghdad under control by...   Read full story »

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