From the Washington Post:
As Apache helicopter gunships cruised above Baghdad's Fadhil neighborhood, former Sunni insurgents fought from rooftops and street corners against American and Iraqi forces, according to witnesses, the Iraqi military and police. At least 15 people were wounded in the gunfights, which lasted several hours. By nightfall, the street fighters had taken five Iraqi soldiers hostage.
Because of the low numbers - 15 wounded, 0 deaths - you know it's not 2007. But it certainly sounds as though peace has yet to come to Iraq in any shape.
Tom Ricks has a few more comments on the success of the surge.
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