Did we win?

(VOI) U.S. troops on Thursday stormed a Ministry of Education building in Sadr City in eastern Baghdad and confiscated some documents, a media source from the ministry said.

(AFP) "The United States may begin reducing the number of reconstruction teams in Iraq in 2009."

(NYTimes/LATimes) There's still a lot of little reported violence.

(USAToday) U.S. paid $32M for Iraqi base that wasn't built.

(WaPo) Inspector General for Iraq Under Investigation

Juan Cole offers a clarification on the AP report that Sadr is studying to become an Ayatollah.

Also, A rather interesting Asia Times piece looking at the recent retaking of Musa Qala in Helmand province, Afghanistan.