sign of progress

media reports helped establish the dangerous reputation of the road to bagdhad airport.

however the situation has improved [bugmenot login] owing to a change in tactics and involvement of the iraqi military.

Harris started by slowing down the convoys, forcing soldiers to look out and see the passing landscape. Then he sent troops into the surrounding neighborhoods. Barriers went up, preventing cars and trucks from reaching the airport road unless they passed through a military checkpoint. The Iraqi army set up positions and stayed 24 hours a day.

while this october had an unfortunate uptick in american deaths, the situation in iraq ultimately comes to the iraqis themselves.