Sen. John McCain visited a Baghdad market Sunday and later told reporters the American people were not getting the full story on what he said were improving security conditions in the war-ravaged capital.
McCain, a presidential hopeful, was among a delegation of Republican lawmakers that made an unannounced trip to Iraq this weekend, the details of which were withheld for security reasons. - (Source)
Of course this explains why:
The delegation traveled in armored Humvees with a military escort.
as well as how and why:
U.S. military investigators are trying to determine how two explosives-laden suicide vests made it past security and into the heavily fortified Green Zone.
The vests had not been detonated when they were discovered Saturday, and military spokesman Rear Adm. Mark Fox said the find was indicative of "the nature of the security challenge that we're facing."
and even how insurgents have managed to continue to
...hammered the Green Zone in recent days. A U.S. soldier and American contractor were killed and five people were wounded when a rocket landed in the cordoned-off area Tuesday.
Oh and about those "other parts" of Baghdad?
Roadside bombs in Salaheddin province, north of Baghdad, killed four people and wounded eight others Sunday, a Tikrit police official said.
The deadliest attack targeted an outdoor market in Tuz Khurmatu, a mixed Shiite and Sunni Kurd town about 100 miles (170 kilometers) north of Baghdad, killing three people and wounding seven.
Two hours later, another attack on an Iraqi police patrol in Dhuluiya, about 50 miles (85 kilometers) north of Baghdad, killed one police officer and wounded another.
Yep. We're sure turning that corner. Lucky for us, we Have Sen. John McCain here to tell us what we've all been missing!
Thank you, John McCain!