Though most of this article may or may not seem like good news, there is a glimmer of hope in the following excerpt:

U.S. troops Thursday cleared a crowded market area in central Baghdad after powerful explosives were found in a prosthetic leg.
Local police called in the soldiers after spotting the object lying on the ground.
Inside the leg, a U.S. ordnance disposal team found one 120mm high explosive mortar round, two 50mm mortar rounds and a small amount of TNT.
Soldiers said the prosthetic leg was rigged with a trigger wire and would have caused extensive damage within a range of about 330 yards (300 meters).

Seems the local (Iraqi) police are becoming the vigilant keepers of security and peace that some refused to believe they could be in such a short time. More of this, and our men and women will be able to come home that much sooner.