In this scene from a news program on al-Iraqiya news channel in Iraq, a priest at Our Lady of Salvation Syrian Catholic Church in Baghdad, left, confronts two men who Iraqi police say confessed to an October 31, 2010, attack on the church that left 58 people dead. | MCTWith U.S. Forces Set To Go Soon, Iraqi Police stepping Up -- McClatchy News
BAGHDAD — The Iraqi police operation this fall that cracked the terrorist cell responsible for some of the worst attacks of 2010 was one of the most successful counter-terrorism efforts Iraq's young security forces have conducted, U.S. military officials say. It also gave new insight into the workings of the country's most feared terrorist group, the Islamic State of Iraq.
Iraqi investigators in late November captured the men who they suspect plotted an October assault on Our Lady of Salvation Syrian Catholic Church in Baghdad, which left 58 people dead, as well as a stunning June raid on the heavily guarded central bank headquarters. While American troops provided some help, Iraqis led the investigation and arrests, suggesting substantial improvements in the forces on whom Iraq's future stability depends.
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My Comment: When you read stories like this one .... Death toll in attack on Shiite pilgrims now at 50 .... you know that Iraq's security forces have a long way to go before they are effective.