Oh, and as to how the oil pipeline attacks are going...
They're going very, very badly, thanks.
That link goes to an article from Sunday's International Herald Trib about the fact that the attacks on the oil pipelines have become so sophisticated that they're now the basis for a massive operation which hijacks the fuel being imported into Iraq in trucks, and sells it to other countries for huge profits.
We don't seem to be doing that great of a job at frustrating their side, if their side is raking in the profits from the pipeline bombing operations.
Facts are just so darned inconvenient, aren't they?