The Battle for Baghdad Begins

Well, I can not say I never expected this. New Yorker columnist Seymore Hersh given his sources and research indicated on several occasions that there would soon be a battle for Baghdad. Well, this battle is here and now. The insurgency has launched what experts say a sophisticated and well coordinated offensive in Baghdad with a force of about 30-40 civilian vehicles using RPGs, hand-held grenades, AK-47s and machines, attacking police stations and headquarters. This comes in light of yesterday's attack where a vehicle detonated in Baquba killing two Americans and wounding 10 (9 American soldiers and one civilian contracter), . This brings the total of Americans dead in the month of August to 73 and a total of 1871 American death since the war started. And yet the progress towards ending the insurgency is at a zero. Though the offensive launched today went on for 90 minutes, 5 police officers were killed and only one insurgent was dead. This is a major development since an attack of that scale usually means that a full scale insrugent battle for the city is under way. I'll keep you posted.