[SandRat]

More clear truth from Iraq not from the Left-Side aisles of Congress.

[samadams2000]

Ah..No time for challenges..only progress..fast progress.

[Jim Robinson]

Great report!!

[Calpernia]

Coalition military officials explained that at the time there weren't enough coalition troops to move into an area and leave them there.

But, Babakir said, the added Iraqi battalions now available allow commanders to do that. For example, Iraqi soldiers and police are integral to the strategy in Ramadi and Fallujah and along the Syrian border.

The Iraqi military will be at its full strength of 160,000 at the end of 2006, Babakir said. "So my assumption is that at the end of 2006, we could send half of the coalition soldiers home," he said. "Some people may not agree, but that is my opinion."