Iraq - are we seeing the 'endgame'?
Television pictures are showing live images of US troops in central Baghdad - facing opposition, but seemingly not any more than they are perfectly capable of coping with.
Same story with the British military in al-Basrah.
It's beginning to look as if this stage of the liberation of Iraq may be over relatively soon. However, I expect that unfortunately many more US/UK personnel will be killed or injured before they achieve their full objectives - the blow-by-blow coverage on television may perhaps be counter-productive, though, and if I was a US/UK troop on the ground I think I'd prefer to be able to get on with my job without this to some extent gratuitously intrusive journalism.
Nevertheless, a good day so far - I wish all the US/UK troops good luck in the hours and days ahead.
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