About 75% of Baghdad's neighborhoods are now secure, a dramatic increase from 8% a year ago when President Bush ordered more troops to the capital, U.S. military figures show.
The military classifies 356 of Baghdad's 474 neighborhoods in the "control" or "retain" category of its four-tier security rating system, meaning enemy activity in those areas has been mostly eliminated and normal economic activity is resuming.
Prediction: The hand-wringers at McClatchy's Baghdad bureau will whine about the 25% of Baghdad not secure. Gateway Pundit and Captain's Quarters weigh in. The above photo, fromYahoo News, shows a vendor in the Kazimiyah neighborhood of Baghdad on Thursday.
