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LOU DOBBS: The surge in
U.S. troops may be having an impact on the violence
in certain parts of Baghdad. In some areas, sectarian
violence is demonstrably down.
Michael Ware has the report from Baghdad -- Michael.
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MICHAEL WARE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Lou, with two of the
five additional combat brigades that President Bush
has ordered to Iraq as part of the surge for the
Baghdad security plan, there is already signs of a
dampening or lowering in the levels of particular
types of violence in the capital. Specifically, we're
talking about sectarian murders by death squads.
Though the death squads are still out there,
nonetheless, a Republican congressional delegation
led by presidential candidate Senator John McCain
came to Baghdad to tell what they claim is the untold
story of the success.
SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (R), ARIZONA: I believe that we have
a new strategy that is making progress. And it's not
to say that things are well everywhere in Iraq, far
from it. We have a long way to go.
And I'm not saying that mission is accomplished or
last throes or a few dead-enders. But what we don't
read about every day and what is new since the surge
began is a lot of the good news.
WARE: Well, a lot of that good news has been rolling
out in the media for Senator McCain and the other
congressmen to tell their story from a marketplace in
a part of Baghdad where they say security has
improved since the surge. The congressmen had to be
flown the few short kilometers from the Green Zone to
that marketplace in Black Hawk helicopters,
accompanied by Apache attack helicopters with more
than 100 troops on the ground also providing
security.
Meanwhile, in the border town of Tal Afar, which was
much praised by President Bush in a U.S.-led
operation to reclaim the town from al Qaeda, a
devastating suicide bombing that killed more than 100
people this week was quickly responded to when local
police went on a killing rampage against a rival sect
that saw the police execute as many as 70 people --
Lou.
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DOBBS: Michael, thank you.
Michael Ware.