The surge was a nonsustainable military incursion of Shiite Baghdad, which had the effect of curbing street-level violence.

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Whether your cherished companion is a little furball or a big bouncy floofer, they can get into a ton of trouble.

The result was to bring out the fact, which is now established beyond all doubt by the proof, that any attempt to underfoot the steeple would have been an entire mistake.