MOUSTACHE ISLAND, Iraq, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Violence is way down in Iraq, but the U.S. armed forces and the Iraqi National Police are continuing to net large quantities of the weapons needed to sustain terrorist attacks and guerrilla war.

BAGHDAD, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- The big bangs of vehicle-borne explosive devices that rock Iraq's capital often cause mass civilian casualties and grab world headlines, but they also obscure a less dramatic terrorist attempt to undermine government security efforts.

BAGHDAD, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- The non-kinetic, counterinsurgency campaign now being waged in Iraq takes many forms -- from training local police and military forces to rebuilding schools, helping establish medical clinics and, working alone or with local government, establishing infrastructure to support essential services.

BAGHDAD, April 28 (UPI) -- Violent clashes in Baghdad's Sadr City between gunmen of the Mehdi Army and U.S. forces and Iraqi Security Forces appears to have dampened, allowing U.S. and Iraqi Army troops to continue outreach efforts in the southern reaches of the volatile district while continuing to mop up Mehdi Army elements.