PETRAEUS GETS IT

No military solution to Iraq, U.S. general says
POSTED: 12:53 p.m. EST, March 8, 2007

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The new commander of U.S. troops in Iraq has warned that military force alone will not be enough to quell the country's violent insurgency.

"There is no military solution to a problem like that in Iraq, to the insurgency of Iraq," Petraeus told a news conference, adding that political negotiations were crucial to forging any lasting peace.