Monday, November 01, 2004
Powell concedes Iraq
A year ago the insurgents were relegated to sabotaging power and gas lines hundreds of miles outside Baghdad. Today they are moving into once safe neighborhoods in the heart of the capital, choking off what remains of "normal" Iraqi society like a creeping jungle.At one point in Ramadi last week, while U.S. soldiers were negotiating with the mayor two insurgents rode by shooting AK-47s—from bicycles.