Cheney insists Iraq surge working

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6925487.stm

US Vice-President Dick Cheney has insisted that the recent increase of US troops in Iraq, or "surge", has improved security there.
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"At least 67 people have been killed and almost 100 have been wounded in two separate bombings in Baghdad, Iraqi police have said."

...obviously much better....