Without A Shot

Sadr City falls without a single shot fired. Here is the article from FoxNews:

BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. and Iraqi troops poured into Baghdad's main Shiite militia stronghold Sunday, encountering no resistance in the one-time Sadr City combat zones but testing the Shiites' commitment to the U.S.-promoted campaign to drive militants from the capital.

Outside Baghdad, U.S. soldiers described a raid last week that uncovered a suspected Sunni "torture site" and the rescue of two Iraqi captives, who apparently had been spared immediate execution because the militants' video camera broke and they wanted to film the killing.

The quiet but dramatic advance in Sadr City — involving nearly 1,200 U.S. and Iraqi forces who didn't fire a shot — marked one of the most significant developments in the security clampdown in Baghdad since it took effect nearly three weeks ago.

But it only received the green light after drawn-out talks between U.S. commanders and political allies of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his powerful Mahdi Army. Both sides are watching each other for any wrong moves on the same streets where they battled in the past, including intense urban warfare in 2004

I wonder what is going to be the headline on the DCPost tommorow, this or the Walter Reed scandal or the Ann Coulter comments. As of right now, the Post website has the headliens of "Clintons, Obama Honor Activists," "Bush Iraq Strategy Has No Option for Failure," "Walter Reed Not Isolated Case," and "Marines Shoot Afghan Civilians."

OH WAIT, I found it unded this title, "U.S., Iraqi Forces Conduct Sweep In Shiite Enclave," as a small link under the Bush headline (10:57pm). This is a big big deal, if we can pacify Sadr City it will go a long way towards bring peace and stability to the country. Oh wait . . . I forgot, the surge isn't working.

My bad.

Comments

[asmith]

Sadr is only regrouping. And look what's going on in Anbar Province. I want the surge to work, but let's see by Memorial Day if it's working.

[Chris]

all I'm saying is that wouldn't it be nice for the entire country to be celebrating and rooting our guys on instead of half of them scecretly pray that it fails for political reasons?