Great news, Allegra! Stay safe, and may Baghdad STAY quiet for a long time.
Al Qaeda's doing the "face-saving" thing. There was a mosque bombing in town yesterday (creep with a bomb vest walked into a crowded mosque and blew himself up taking about 11 innocents with him) and they launched some mortars. They launched one at us yesterday, but it was a dud and did not detonate.
Last gasp of the losing side?
The crackdown is going to remain in place indefinitely. Until the terrorists realize they have lost.