The Baghdad Order Of Battle as of March 26, 2007.
Click map to view. The past week has seen some interesting developments as the Iraqi government and Coalition ramp up the Baghdad Security Plan. Al Qaeda in Iraq conducted three major mass casualty attacks nationwide. Nearly half of the U.S. forces devoted to the surge have now been deployed in Iraq as the Iraqi security forces and U.S. continue to assume control over the neighborhoods inside Baghdad and to reorganize the command structure in the belts around Baghdad.

Deaths in Iraq have increased by 15 percent from February to March as al Qaeda in Iraq adjusts its tactics to deal with the new security plan. The three major suicide attacks launched by al Qaeda last week account for much of the increase. Al Qaeda continues to work to reignite the sectarian violence that plagued Iraq after the destruction of the Al Askaria mosque in Samarra over one year ago. Al Qaeda’s greatest weapon continues to be the mass-casualty attack–suicide truck and car bombs, and suicide bombers on foot.