Operation Imposing Law…….how sickening is that? Who comes up with these names? Let me guess…….Dickoilhead Cheney! 49 U.S. deaths this month, 2 UK, 1 Other and 909 Iraqi’s dead in 17 days……and Condi thinks it’s off to a good start. Uh huh….ok. If you say it….it must be so.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Saturday lauded early progress in a military operation against militants in Baghdad, but said Iraqis had to use this “breathing space” to push ahead with reconciliation.

Rice made an unannounced visit to Baghdad as U.S. and Iraqi troops make initial gains in an offensive seen as a final push to end sectarian bloodshed that threatens to tear Iraq apart.

“They are off to a good start,” said Rice, referring to Operation Imposing Law. “How the Iraqis use the breathing space that might provide is what is really important,” she told reporters.

While major car bombings and death squad killings in Baghdad have declined, a double car bombing on Saturday at a crowded market in the northern city of Kirkuk killed at least 10 people and wounded 60, police sources said.

The explosions took place in the Rahim Awa district, a predominantly Kurdish area of the ethnically mixed city.

Rice said Iraq’s leaders needed to speed up efforts to reconcile warring Shi’ite and Sunni groups, finalize an oil revenue sharing law and hold provincial elections.

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