'Months' before success in Baghdad

Key US and Iraqi officials today issued cautiously optimistic reports one month into the latest drive to curb sectarian bloodshed in Baghdad but warned that months would pass before the operation could be labelled a success.

Key US and Iraqi officials today issued cautiously optimistic reports one month into the latest drive to curb sectarian bloodshed in Baghdad but warned that months would pass before the operation could be labeled a success.

Maj. Gen. William Caldwell, the US military spokesman, also said the level of sectarian killings had dropped significantly in the month since the operation began.