"Operation Steel Curtain" has ended, and here are some statistics according to CentCom:

Ten Marines were killed in fighting during Operation Steel Curtain. Since the operation began 139 terrorists were killed and 256 processed for detention.

Not only was the border area with Syria cleaned up, but 1,000 Iraqi troops were used in this major military operation, according to the U.S. military.

But if you pick up the New York Times, the only way you can find out about U.S. troops taking almost 400 terrorists out of commission in the span of a couple of weeks is to wade down to the ninth paragraph of an inside-the-book story.