Weeks before last Baghdad brigade ready: U.S. general | International | Reuters

Weeks before last Baghdad brigade ready: U.S. general | International | Reuters: "BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The final extra U.S. brigade in a security crackdown to prevent all-out civil war in Iraq is unlikely to be fully operational for up to two months, the U.S. military's top spokesman in Iraq said on Wednesday.

Military and civilian deaths have spiked in the past month as thousands more U.S. and Iraqi troops are deployed in Baghdad but U.S. commanders say success cannot be judged until all five brigades are in place.

Car and suicide bombings remain an almost daily occurrence. In Baghdad, two car bombs exploded about two minutes apart in a busy Shi'ite district, killing at least seven people and wounding 25 others, police said." Read complete post here.