Baghdad security drive not working, says US military

The US military has acknowledged that its two-month drive to crush insurgent and militia violence in the Iraqi capital Baghdad has fallen short, calling the raging bloodshed disheartening and saying it was rethinking its strategy to rein in gunmen, torturers and bombers.

The admission by military spokesman Maj. Gen. William Caldwell came as car bombs, mortar fire and shootings around the country killed at least 66 people and wounded 175. The dead included the Anbar province police commander, killed by gunmen who burst into his home in Ramadi.