U.S. Army soldiers talk with an Iraqi man outside an abandoned house while patrolling a section of the Diyala River Valley in Iraq, Dec. 27, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Walter J. Pels6 Years Later, Iraq Better But Still Shaky -- MSNBC
Despite major security gains and declines in violence, a long way to go.
BAGHDAD - Six years after the U.S. invaded Iraq, the end of America's costly mission is in sight, but the future of this tortured country is much less clear.
With violence down sharply, most Iraqis feel more secure than at nearly any time since the war began March 20, 2003.
But violence still continues at levels that most other countries would find alarming. Last week, suicide bombers killed a total of 60 people in two separate attacks in the Baghdad area, and an American soldier was fatally injured Monday on a combat mission in the capital.
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