ALMOST HALFWAY HOME:

U.S. forces to turn over security in Karbala (The Associated Press, October 28, 2007)

U.S. forces will turn over security to Iraqi authorities in the southern Shiite province of Karbala on Monday, the American commander for the area said, despite fighting between rival militia factions that has killed dozens.

Karbala will become the eighth of Iraq's 18 provinces to revert to Iraqi control...