1.  What was Baghdad's Haifa Street like under Saddam Hussein's rule?
b) What was it like when the 16-man transition team (attached to the Iraqi army battalion responsible for keeping order there) first began patrolling in November 2006?
c) What is it like today?  or How is it different today?

2.  a) Who is the U.S. transition team's commander?
b) What do his responsibilities include?

3.  a) On January 6, 2007, who was found dead on Haifa Street by the U.S. transition team?
b) After seeing the bodies, how did Sgt. McFarlane's emotions change?
c) How did the American transition team encourage the Iraqi army platoon who had called for assistance (after engaging the enemy on Haifa Street)?

4.  a) Why do you think that the Iraqi officer refused to issues orders and locked himself in his humvee, and also sat out the fight?
b) Why do you think many Iraqi soldiers fought anyway?

5.  What adjectives would you use to describe the members of the U.S. military transition team?

6.  Does this article give you hope for Iraq's future?  Explain your answer.