Soldiers Keep Extremists on Run in Eastern Baghdad Belt

By Fred W. Baker III | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2008 - Coalition forces are making significant progress securing the former insurgent badlands of eastern Baghdad province, a commander in the region said today.

Before the surge, fewer than 100 U.S. troops patrolled the area known as the Madain qadha, leaving an area about the size of the Capital Beltway ripe for insurgent activities that made their way into Baghdad.

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