The convoy's orders: "Get to Baghdad as quickly as possible," officers told this Reuters correspondent as troops tightened their grip around Kut, about 170 km (105 miles) southeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Has Arnett put out a false report that the Americans are heading away from Baghdad, yet?
Or is he saving that news for his historical fiction account of the war?
We're already in the Baghdad suburbs. This report is already out of date.