BBC NEWS | Middle East | Baghdad security plan 'failing'
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Baghdad security plan 'failing': "The US military has said a security initiative aimed at reducing violence in Baghdad has failed to meet expectations and is being reviewed.
Military spokesman Maj Gen William Caldwell said there had been a 'disheartening' 22% rise in attacks in Baghdad since the end of last month.
His comments came as a wave of bombings across Iraq killed at least 41 people.
President George W Bush has said the surge in Iraq may be equivalent to the US experience in the Vietnam War.
Mr Bush acknowledged that the escalation of violence 'could be' comparable to the 1968 Tet Offensive against US troops, which helped turn public opinion against the Vietnam War."
