Iraq Video Report
A raging insurgency complicates efforts to rebuild Fallujah, while U.S. troops try to win hearts and minds in Baghdad. Meanwhile, northern Iraq is progressing.
By Kevin Sites, Fri Dec 2, 6:57 PM ET
VIDEO - More than two and a half years since the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, Iraq remains one of the most violent and dangerous places in the world.
The raging insurgency complicates efforts such as rebuilding and securing Fallujah. The city itself is basically now a garrison town, but outlying areas are still wrought with tension.
Much of the damage from the 2004 battle for Fallujah is still visible, and although an estimated half of the population has returned, there is frustration at the pace of reconstruction.
Meanwhile the U.S. is trying to win hearts and minds in Baghdad through humanitarian missions, handing out food and supplies. But with a steady supply of weapons -- U.S. troops are constantly finding insurgent weapons caches in the area -- the insurgency persists despite those good intentions.
The Iraqi government and the U.S. military say they're making progress: more Iraqi troops are being trained and even some of the disaffected Sunni population voted in last October's constitutional referendum.
But there is, they concede, a long way to go.
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