After some initial successes, our operations to secure Baghdad have encountered greater resistance.

Before the end of this year, this government needs to show progress in securing Baghdad, pursuing national reconciliation and delivering basic services.

"We need a unified force to secure Baghdad: same uniform, same patrol car, one commander."

He also began the new operation this autumn to secure Baghdad.

It is being used as the model for the new strategy to secure Baghdad.

The Americans need to make a credible push to secure Baghdad and elicit the help of Iraq's neighbors.

Securing Baghdad, the general said, was the main effort.

They have promised to deploy more of their own troops to secure Baghdad, and they must do so.

Many listening tonight will ask why this effort will succeed when previous operations to secure Baghdad did not.

By that yardstick, it would take the addition of 100,000-plus troops to secure Baghdad alone.