Coalition armies control only 40 % of Baghdad’s territory
As the general-lieutenant of American army has informed, five months later after the beginning of campaign on decrease in a level of violence over Baghdad coalition armies completely managed to take under the control only 40 % of Baghdad’s territory.
It was also informed, that about 40 % of territory “are really quiet”, on 30 % the control is insufficient, and the remained 30 % suffer from “a high level of violence”.
The plan of safety strengthening in Baghdad has been put into operation in February, 2007. According to available data, only 146 of 457 areas of the Iraq capital are under the control of the American or Iraq governmental forces. Earlier the American investigation informed that the intercommoned violence over introduction of the strengthened order of patrolling over areas has gone on a loss, but in the western part of city, where Sunnites and Shiites live in common, the problem has become extremely aggravated.
The plan of the strengthened patrolling in Baghdad provides expansion of additional armies in structure of more 20 thousand people in city. According to the representative of the American command of lieutenant colonel Christopher Garver, before arrival of all reinforcements it is too prematurely to judge about the efficiency of the plan. It is worth of mentioning that in May the American armies have lost 127 soldiers in Iraq.