[oceanview]

the whole situation there is very tenuous. I wonder what the operational activities of US forces are like in this environment.

[Marine_Uncle]

"I wonder what the operational activities of US forces are like in this environment."
Don't hold me to it. But I believe I had read (within the past 30 days) that US units have been reguarly moving out of the main Baghdad area, e.g. giving over the FOB's to Iraqi army units.
As we saw after the golden dump blast, the Iraqi army where responsible for flooding the capital with their units in preperation to put down any uprisings of significance.
And as we have read, the US commanders have praise the IA's performance thus far. So I am staying neutral to mildly optimistic on the IA at this point. They continue to prove themselves in independent AOR (areas of responsibility).