@92b16vx,
I've been saying that there has to have been some secret agreement reached between the two for violence to have reduced so significantly in Iraq. It has nothing to do with new intel, and if anything, goes to show how custom-made these intel reports are.
For the time being their only concern is to show progess on Iraq, as required by the mid 2007 War Funding Law. I think the US wants to take care of a few things on the domestic front first, but will eventually return to the same rhetoric, unless the deal is similar to that made with Libya.