Prometheus 6

This is what the most powerful military, the most potent technology in the world, has been reduced to because of the invasion.

How long do you think it will take to dig a trench capable of acting as a deterent around the whole damn city?

Iraq to Dig Trenches Around Baghdad
- By REBECCA SANTANA, Associated Press Writer
Friday, September 15, 2006
(09-15) 15:02 PDT BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) --

Iraqi security forces will dig trenches around Baghdad and set up checkpoints along all roads leading into the city to reduce some of the violence plaguing the capital, the Interior Ministry said Friday.

To help halt that bloodshed, more U.S. troops have been shifted to Baghdad from the insurgent stronghold of Anbar province, a senior U.S. commander said.

Meanwhile, a U.S. Marine was killed Friday in Anbar province, and an American soldier was killed Thursday evening by a roadside bomb northwest of Baghdad, the military said. Five American soldiers died Thursday, making it an especially bloody day for U.S. forces.