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December 6, 2007

US General Says Military Still Faces Dangerous Enemy in Iraq
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1A7CE47:A6F02AD83191E16065B9EC5911DB33F23CF5CDEF8FC051DA& General David
Petraeus expresses satisfaction at progress made in security, but
cautions against 'feeling too successful' The commander of U.S. forces
in Iraq, General David Petraeus, says the military still faces a
dangerous enemy, despite a recent decline in violence across the
country.







Gen. David Petraeus answers a question during a roundtable with
members of the Department of Defense press pool traveling with
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, in Baghdad, 06 Dec 2007Speaking to
reporters Thursday in Baghdad, General Petraeus expressed satisfaction
at the progress made in security, but cautioned against - as he put it
- "feeling too successful." He said more tough work is required
against "a very dangerous enemy."

Petraeus held talks Thursday in Baghdad with visiting U.S. Defense
Secretary Robert Gates.

Gates held discussions with top Iraqi leaders Wednesday and said he
believes a secure and stable Iraq is within reach.

Separately, the U.S. military said coalition forces killed three
insurgents and detained 19 suspects during a series of raids today to
disrupt al-Qaida in Iraq operations along the Tigris River Valley.

On Wednesday, a car bomb blast in Baghdad's Karrada district killed 15
people and wounded more than 30 others. To the north of the capital,
at least eight people were killed in three separate bomb blasts in the
cities of Mosul, Baquba and Kirkuk.

In other news, the Iraqi Red Crescent reported a decline in the number
of internally displaced people. The report says nearly 110,000 Iraqis
displaced within the country since the 2003 invasion returned to their
homes in October. More than two million people remain internally
displaced in Iraq.Some information for this report was provided by AFP
and AP.


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