pretty good feel for whether or not it made sense or not :puke:
Baghdad Security Operation Hasn't Cut Violence - UN Report BAGHDAD (AP)--Sectarian violence continued to claim the lives of a large number of Iraqi civilians in Sunni Arab and Shiite neighborhoods of Iraq's capital, despite the coalition's new Baghdad security plan, the U.N. said Wednesday.
In its first human rights report since the security plan was launched on Feb. 14 - and began increasing U.S. and Iraqi troops levels in the capital -the U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq, or UNAMI, said civilian casualties in the daily violence between January and March remained high, concentrated in and around Baghdad.
U.S. troops are facing increasing danger as they step up their presence in outposts and police stations in Baghdad and areas surrounding the city, as part of the security crackdown to which U.S. President George W. Bush has committed an extra 30,000 troops.
Thousands of Iraqi soldiers also are being deployed in the streets of the capital in an attempt to pacify it.
"While government officials claimed an initial drop in the number of killings in the latter half of February following the launch of the Baghdad security plan, the number of reported casualties rose again in March," the study said.more:
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20070425%5cACQDJON200704250421DOWJONESDJONLINE000397.htm&Nine US troops killed in 'deadliest month'By Natalie Paris and agencies
Last Updated: 4:15am BST 25/04/2007
An Iraqi suicide bomber killed nine soldiers and left 20 wounded on Monday, making April the bloodiest month for US troops since 2005.
A US military statement said an Iraqi citizen was also injured when a car bomb exploded in Baquba, capital of the volatile Diyala province.
A vehicle armed with explosives rocked a patrol base at the military outpost bringing the US death toll in April to 70 soldiers.
Baquba is a region with a mixed population of Sunni Arabs and Shi'ites and where US forces are engaged in fierce fighting with entrenched insurgents and al Qaeda militants.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/04/24/wtroops124.xml