first time they said "things will be better in six months" that i actually believed them

• U.S. and Iraqi officials are negotiating Baghdad's demand that security company Blackwater USA be expelled from the country within six months, and American diplomats appear to be working on how to fill the security gap if the company is phased out. ("U.S., Iraq discusss Blackwater expulsion," By STEVEN R. HURST and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated Press Writers 34 minutes ago