Yet, we believe that that's probably the vigilance of Iraqi security forces and some of our proactive measures the night before probably saved lives.
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The war has moved to the west, which is a good . . . indicator that Iraqi and U.S. forces are having an effect elsewhere, ... The amount of infiltration across the Syrian border remains a concern, but it's down, not so much because of Syrian activity, but because of U.S. and Iraqi activity.John Abizaid
We have a number of killed in the action in Nasiriya with the Marines -- I believe that number will remain less than 10 -- and a number of wounded,
John Abizaid
And the answer is it is, but it's also a difficult road to go on. There are peaks and valleys that you go through, but overall, the trend is good. We're certainly confident. And the most important thing we're confident about is that the Iraqis want to do this. They want to take the fight. They will take the fight.
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I think what actually works best is local-level individual targeting of key leadership nodes.
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It's interesting. When I'm in Washington everyone seems to think there is a set schedule, an exact plan. It just doesn't work that way. There is a theatre of war. The commanders in the field ... react to the facts on the ground.
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there's actually some indication, based on intelligence information that we have, that ammo is starting to be difficult for them to obtain in certain areas.
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