Good News from the Frontlines—"Real Progress" being Made in Iraq
"We hear so much about things going bad, but real progress has been made there in terms of security and stability...I mean, obviously, infrastructure problems abound, but Sunnis and U.S. forces are working together. –Katie Couric, CBS Evening News
(Baghdad, Iraq)—On assignment in Iraq, CBS Evening News anchor, Katie Couric, stated Tuesday that things are beginning to solidify security-wise in the war-torn country.
Couric noted a significant spike in the Iraqi Police Force, and that "incidents have gone down dramatically."
Visiting the city of Fallujah, in the Anbar Province, Couric met for an extensive conversation with General David Petraeus, on the state of country and his upcoming report to the President. (Photo: CBS News)
Back in 2003 and 2004, when U.S. Troops went house-to-house throughout Fallujah, in an effort to rid the city of the numerous insurgents, they uncovered almost 2 dozen torture chambers. Now, Fallujah is being called a "role model" of something that has been turned around and is "working in Iraq."
"We hear so much about things going bad, but real progress has been made there in terms of security and stability," said Couric. "I mean, obviously, infrastructure problems abound, but Sunnis and U.S. forces are working together. They banded together because they had a common enemy: al Qaeda."
