“Progress” in Iraq

General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker are to submit their progress report and testify to lawmakers on Capitol Hill April 8 and 9. With the recent increase in violence in Iraq, including a failed “definitive assault” against Sadr’s forces in Basra and increased mortar attacks on U.S. compounds in the Green Zone, the forthcoming testimony will be critically examined by Democrats who wish to see an end to the war in Iraq.

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