Baghdad violence forces U.S. to re-evaluate strategy

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The U.S.-led military operation aimed at cracking down on insurgent attacks in Baghdad, is being re-evaluated after a "disheartening" rise in violence.

U.S. military spokesman Maj. Gen. William Caldwell says the operation "has not met our overall expectations of sustaining a reduction in the levels of violence," which he blamed on insurgents attempting to influence U.S. mid-term elections.

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/19/baghdad.operation/index.html

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1. Wasn't the Tet offensive in Vietnam the Chinese New Year....

...now we have this new insurgency offensive that has been going on in Iraq since the beginning of Ramadan