obviously, of taking the initiative. they still have a base and sanctuary in syria. and the one part of iraq where things have been much more difficult is anbar province precisely because of this conflict between a predominantly shia iraqi army and a sunni population. what's changed is the realization this was a problem by the iraqi government in baghdad and a genuine effort for the first time to mobilize sunnis in the fight, to bring them in, to populate the beginnings of a national guard, to bring more of them into the iraqi army itself, to get more control over the so-called popular mobilization forces that have shia militia in them. to actually put in place funds through the u.n. to stabilize areas that were newly liberated. and we're seeing that start -- let me emphasize start, to work.