Iraqi forces backed by U.S. troops will begin a neighborhood-by-neighborhood assault on militants this weekend as a first step in the new White House strategy to contain Sunni insurgents and Shiite death squads, key advisers to the prime minister said.
The first details of the new plan -- a fresh bid to pacify the capital -- emerged Friday, a day after U.S. President Bush and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki spoke. |