"Tonight, the lights are back on in Ramadi."

As detailed at OnPoint. Read on:

In Ramadi today, the local financial institution, Rafidain Bank, is
open and operating like any normal bank. A new bus line brings people to
work and market on a regularly scheduled basis. Ramadi General Hospital
has been re-opened. There is a huge and vibrant market in the same Qatana
area I crept through in February, when I reported on listening to IED’s and
small-arms fire at zero-dark hundred.

The city’s water system has
been restored. The Medical College has reopened. Alpha Co.’s 1/ 6
2,000 student school is still thriving. The Dental College is open.
Two of seven Army Corps of Engineers electricity projects have been
completed. And the lights are on in the homes at night.

It’s not just Ramadi that’s come alive...

We keep hearing this in other Iraq cities as well. There's much more of this 2-parter.