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Iraq: is the 'surge' working?

Updated on 12 June 2007

By Nick Paton Walsh

Four months into the US surge, sectarian killings are down. But there are more American casualties.

Their mission: to secure Baghdad. Their aim: to curb the sectarian violence.

Thousands of extra troops are on the ground in the Iraqi capital. Military leaders say their presence is making a difference.

But there are more indiscriminate bombings and more American casualties.

And there is evidence that all the extra security has exacerbated the city's ethnic divisions.

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