Baghdad's New Owners: "Shiites now dominate the once mixed capital, and there is little chance of reversing the process"

From the September 10 issue of NEWSWEEK, here

"When Gen. David Petraeus goes before Congress next week to report on the progress of the surge, he may cite a decline in insurgent attacks in Baghdad as one marker of success. In fact, part of the reason behind the decline is how far the Shiite militias' cleansing of Baghdad has progressed: they've essentially won."