Baghdad blast shows security 'fragile': US

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Source: AFP

BAGHDAD (AFP) — A US commander warned on Wednesday that despite improving security in Iraq, progress is fragile and "far from irreversible", hours after a massive bomb ripped into a US military convoy in Baghdad.

"The enemy still has both the will and the capacity to cause significant loss of life and damage to property," US military spokesman Rear Admiral Gregory Smith told a press conference.

He referred to Wednesday's bombing of the military convoy outside the highly fortified Green Zone in which a US soldier and two civilians were killed, and to an attack by a large group of Al-Qaeda gunmen on the town of Adwaniyah near Baghdad on Monday that was eventually repulsed by US and Iraqi forces.

"There has been significant progress and accomplishments by the combined efforts of the Iraqi and coalition forces in Baghdad and its surrounding areas," Smith said.

"But this progress is fragile and far from irreversible."

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1. nothing to see here -- feed them more Hillary bashing and OJ updates

[happygoluckytoyou]

2. IF IT KEEPS IMPROVING....

IF YOU HAVE A RATING OF 31... AT LEAST WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL ONLY BE 30 MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT YOU HAVE HIT A NEW LOW

SO.... HOW MANY TIMES CAN WE HEAR THAT SECURITY AND THE SITUATION IS IMPROVING BEFORE WE CAN CONSIDER IT GOOD..... I HAVE HEARD OVER 100 TIMES ON DIFFERENT DAYS AND WEEKS THAT THE SITUATION IS IMPROVING.....

LET US SAY THAT IT STARTED AT 40 ON A SCALE OF 1-100. IF EACH TIME WE HEARD THAT IT IS IMPROVING WE CONSIDER THAT 1/2 % IMPROVEMENT (ANY LESS WOULD NOT BE WORTH MENTIONING).... SO NOW WE SHOULD BE AT....... 110 % SECURE


HOORAY.... MISSION ACCOMPLISHED ? OKAY... THEN I JUST DONT GET IT