Petraeus: Iraq Security Plan Can Work, But Will Take Time

By Gerry J. Gilmore | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 8, 2007 – A new strategy that puts U.S. and Iraqi forces inside Baghdad neighborhoods to safeguard residents against insurgent and sectarian violence can work, but it’ll take time to be fully implemented, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq said in Baghdad during his first news conference today.