Progress thus far

Another major bombing in the Shia area of New Baghdad that killed at least 63 and wounded somewhere around 150 (and a third smaller bomb targeting an Iraqi checkpoint in Sadr City.)

But what really caught my eye this morning as a measure of progress was this quote from US spokesman in Baghdad, Lieutenant Colonel Scott Bleichwehl.

"Nearly 20,000 security patrols were conducted this week," ....

"We are out in the communities, conducting our clearing operations and meeting with local residents across the city to improve the security situation here," Bleichwehl said, reporting the seizure of 15 weapons caches.

Am I reading this right? Coming into this now week old operation with all the intelligence and planning and only 15 weapons caches?

I remember when Operation Forward Together was going on, the US only seized something like 1,200 weapons in three months. The weapons, like the insurgents, appear to have melted away.