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MILES O'BRIEN: Good morning to you, I'm Miles
O'Brien.
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN: And I'm Soledad O'Brien.
Two deadly car bombings and an assassination in
Baghdad today to tell you about. Four people killed
in an attack on Iraq police. Another bomb killed one
person in northwestern Baghdad. And a police colonel
shot leaving his home in southern Baghdad.
CNN's Michael Ware in Baghdad for us this morning.
He's embedded with U.S. troops -- hey, Michael, good
morning.
MICHAEL WARE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning,
Soledad.
What we've also seen here in Baghdad today is an
escalation or a new step forward in what's become
known as the Battle of Baghdad or Operation Together
Forward, the long-running military operation to
reclaim the city from militias, insurgents and death
squads.
What's happened?
We've just been (AUDIO GAP)...
S. O'BRIEN: All right, it looks like our satellite
image from Michael Ware has frozen up. So we're going
to see if we can reestablish that and get back to him
in just a little bit.
Let's move on.
S. O'BRIEN: Thanks, Andrea
Let's get right back to Michael Ware.
As we mentioned, he is embedded with U.S. troops in
Baghdad -- Michael, I think we've reestablished our
signal.
You were updating us on what's happening there.
WARE: Yes, Soledad.
Sorry about the signal.
We've literally just returned from the combat mission
in these Stryker vehicles. What's happened is that
for the first time, U.S. and Iraqi forces, thousands
of them, have entered a new part of Baghdad. In the
past, we've seen them go into areas contested between
the two sectarian groups or areas where Shia death
squads have been operating.
Well, today U.S.-led forces went into a Shia domain.
This is an area that's known to be controlled by the
Jayshul Mahdi Militia, loyal to the radical cleric
Muqtada al-Sadr.
So, for the first time, they've gone into their
territory and are touching upon Muqtada al-Sadr's
power base -- Soledad.
S. O'BRIEN: How did it go today?
WARE: It was a relatively successful operation so
far. I think that this thing is going to continue for
some time. We made -- the forces made their first
steps, making their way into Muqtada's area.
It was, by and large, a peaceful operation. However,
we do know that there was one sniper attack on U.S.
forces and an American soldier was wounded. However,
I believe it was only slightly. We're waiting for an
update on that.
So there was no direct confrontation with Muqtada's
forces. They seemed to have dissolved into the
neighborhoods and into the people. But this is still
very early days -- Soledad.
S. O'BRIEN: All right, we'll continue to follow it.
Michael Ware for us this morning, embedded with U.S.
forces.
Thanks, Michael.