There is the feeling that police did not properly do their job,

The Iraqis are employing everything that an irregular force can employ to try to stop the movement toward Baghdad. They come charging down the road in the direction of an armored column. A dump truck even with a 20-millimeter cannon mounted on the back is no match for a Bradley fighting vehicle.

When they hit it, it exploded and burned much more brightly than a normal bus, moving in the direction of a tank.

not sure that the rebels have been defeated yet.

The only hitch to the cease-fire is that the government says that if the rebels fire on them they will return fire,

We are far away from a durable peace. Too much blood has been shed in the past six months.