I think we did the right thing

[JavaBrewer]

"As the world's satellites and printing presses await fresh images of troop horrors and abuse, soldiers on the ground e-mailed this snap of warm greetings from some of Iraq's women and children."

[fintstone]

Originally posted by jyl
Can you provide news sources for this? I've been reading all my usual media sources and see that the militants are actively fighting back in Najaf, although they can't match US forces. In Fallujah my understanding was that the patrolling is currently being done by the Iraqi "1st Battalion" or "Fallujah Brigade" (not sure what its called now), not by US troops. If there are better news sources on the web, please post the URLs as I'd like to be reading them. Thanks.

Sorry John. Sometimes I forget that my sources are ahead of the printed news. We are doing peaceful joint patrols in Fallujah. We are staying out of the shrine area in Najaf. Here are some links.
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/131/world/U_S_Marines_begin_Fallujah_pat:.shtml
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=M4LTD4XAGGKJECRBAEZSF FA?type=topNews&storyID=5103736
http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ_SADR?SITE=APWEB&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT