About Time, I'd Say

In writing about the Round Three with Sadr, I noted that it was unacceptable that the Iranian-paid thugs rocket the Green Zone at will. The enemy does little damage with the brief attacks but they do occur with some frequency.

We are finally doing something about it:

U.S. troops reinforced positions on the edges of Sadr City — an 8-square-mile slum with about 2.5 million people — and have battled their way into suspected launch sites.

"We've seized the 'rocket boxes' and pushed them north," said Col. John Hort, commander of the Third Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.

The 107 mm rockets typically used by the militiamen could hit the Green Zone if fired from the southern edges of Sadr City, about 3.5 miles northeast of the zone. The rockets can be launched from mobile platforms. Mortars, too, can be done in a fire-and-hide style.

The enemy could still use 122mm rockets, but those aren't as numerous (or as easy to move about, I assume).

Now let's see if we can at least keep this enemy disrupted through the end of Petraeus' testimony, eh?