Yes, Dick Cheney, things are going well in Iraq.

The New York Times > International > Middle East > Iraq Declares State of Emergency as Insurgents Step Up Attacks: "Faced with a surge in deadly guerrilla attacks, Prime Minister Ayad Allawi declared martial law across most of the country today, as American and Iraqi troops made final preparations for an all-out assault on the insurgent stronghold of Falluja.

Dr. Allawi's move is the first time the martial powers, drafted in a law in July, have been put into effect. The state of emergency will last for 60 days throughout all of Iraq except for the northern Kurdish region and will allow Dr. Allawi's office to issue orders imposing curfews, conducting house-to-house searches and detaining people suspected of being security risks."