Russkie asking about civilian market incidents. Getting his infor from the regime in Baghdad. dumb
answer: civ casualaties reported through a number of sources. We know civs are killed in war. Great doubt about numbers reported by regime. Certainly there have been civ casualties the regime has inflicted. We take care to try to not cause them.
Prairie
Great answer. "Control" is not the right word. We are trying to restore conditions so normal life can go on.
Press can figure out what "normal life" looks like. The more they see that, and the less they see suicide bombing, frightened population, etc., they can infer the extent of progress.