Iraq

Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno said he has proof the Iranians are supplying IED materials to Iraqi insurgents. Operations in Diyala in mid-January resulted in 100 insurgents killed and 54 detained. The number of troops deployed may actually double in the surge. Sixty-two were killed in a double suicide and mortar attacks.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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