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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/08/world/middleeast/08iraq.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

And though Sunni extremist groups could revive and “reinfest very quickly,” General Fil said, Iraq’s leaders should now have the peace they need to build a trusted, cross-sectarian government. But progress toward that, he said, has been “disappointing.”

Stability, General Fil said, “is within sight but not yet within touch.”

“Close, but not yet within touch.”

Deadliest year yet for American troops, excuse me if I don't cheer with the rest of you.