Click photo to play
Length: 1:36
LOU DOBBS: In Iraq today,
the new U.S. commander, General David Petraeus, said
military force alone will not defeat the insurgency.
General Petraeus made those remarks as thousands more
of our troops arrive in Iraq to fight insurgents and
terrorists.
Michael Ware has the report from Baghdad -- Michael.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
MICHAEL WARE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Lou, America's new
commander of the war in Iraq, General David Petraeus,
says the war shall not be won on the battlefield
alone. Repeating what many American commanders before
him have observed, General Petraeus says that this is
a lesson that has been long learned.
PETRAEUS: We are, in any event, still in the early
days of this endeavor. An endeavor that will take
months, not days or weeks, to fully implement, and
one that will have to be sustained to achieve its
desired effect.
WARE: Any hints at increased outreach to Sunni
insurgent groups and Shia militias is set to fuel
speculation that a political deal is already on the
table for powerful Shia militia leader and
anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who, American
intelligence says, is in Iran, while thousands of
U.S. troops move into his Sadr City stronghold
unopposed.
Additional American forces coming into the capital
will move into surrounding rural areas, said General
Petraeus, to attack insurgents' logistic and support
bases, areas long overlooked by past American
missions -- Lou.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
DOBBS: Michael Ware reporting from
Baghdad.