January 6 - Battle of Haifa Street begins; in the next three days more than 120 people are killed, mostly insurgents.

Two days later a massive car bombing on Haifa Street killed 47.

But this morning, in the two dark, third-floor apartments on Haifa Street, that promise seemed distant.

So less than a week ago, the family returned to Haifa Street.

In 14 hours, they had moved through a stretch of eight buildings on Haifa Street.

The day's deadliest incidents came in the religiously mixed area near Haifa Street.

Haifa Street has become an early test of that strategy.

In some ways, Haifa Street is a microcosm of Iraq.

Witnesses said at least 6 people were killed on Haifa Street and 17 were wounded, many seriously.

Along Haifa Street, women wailed in front of their homes.