Interview with General Petraeus

Published: August 31, 2007, 12:04 pm

Tags: iraq, terrorism, ryan crocker, david petraeus, diyala, al qaeda, anbar, counterinsurgency, islamists

The Australian has a very interesting interview with General David Petraeus. In the interview, Petraeus says that sectarian violence has significantly decreased and the increased American troop presence has Al Qaeda on the run.David Petraeus, the top US commander in Iraq, said the build-up of American forces in Baghdad since late January had produced positive outcomes. These included the killing or capture of al-Qa'ida fighters, causing the terrorist group to lose influence with local Sunnis.[...]General Petraeus told The Australian during a face-to-face interview at his Baghdad headquarters there had been a 75 per cent reduction in religious and ethnic killings since last year, a doubling in the seizure of insurgents' weapons caches between January and August, a rise in the number of al-Qa'ida "kills and captures" and a fall in the number of coalition deaths from roadside bombings."We say we have achieved progress, and we are obviously going to do everything we can to build on that

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