Friday, June 08, 2007
Good News from al Anbar
There's been a slow bleed of good news from al Anbar province in Iraq (the western third of the country) since the surge was announced. There was this article in the LA Times in late April, 2007 about the formation of an anti-insurgency co-op by Sunni tribes.
You know it's bleeding obvious if Time's Joe Klein is aware of it. He still manages, in late May, 2007, to find bad news in the destruction by Sunni tribesmen of al Qaeda in Iraq in al Anbar--now the Sunnis have more time to fight with the Shi'ites.
The Kuwaiti News Agency was reporting yesterday that a joint strike by American and Iraqi forces has killed the al Qaeda emir in al Anbar, Khalid Mahal, and one of his aides, identified as Nasif Al-Mawla.
In fact, the al Qaeda types are dropping like flies in al Anbar.
General Petraeus has called the developments in al Anbar 'breathtaking.'
Here's a hopeful story from a millblogger about a failed attack a few days ago.
I could keep this up all day, Mike in Prague
You know it's bleeding obvious if Time's Joe Klein is aware of it. He still manages, in late May, 2007, to find bad news in the destruction by Sunni tribesmen of al Qaeda in Iraq in al Anbar--now the Sunnis have more time to fight with the Shi'ites.
The Kuwaiti News Agency was reporting yesterday that a joint strike by American and Iraqi forces has killed the al Qaeda emir in al Anbar, Khalid Mahal, and one of his aides, identified as Nasif Al-Mawla.
In fact, the al Qaeda types are dropping like flies in al Anbar.
General Petraeus has called the developments in al Anbar 'breathtaking.'
Here's a hopeful story from a millblogger about a failed attack a few days ago.
I could keep this up all day, Mike in Prague
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# posted by Roger Fraley @ 3:26 PM 
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Roger
Do you think as I do that under a Democrat controlled White House that this good news might have been a little more prevalent in the mainstream media?
Do you think as I do that under a Democrat controlled White House that this good news might have been a little more prevalent in the mainstream media?
Under a Democrat controlled White House, we'd have left Iraq to fend for itself a long time ago.
But, seriously folks...yes. The press would have been far kinder to a Democrat, assuming there's a Democrat in existence who'd have had the moral conviction to go after Saddam.
But, seriously folks...yes. The press would have been far kinder to a Democrat, assuming there's a Democrat in existence who'd have had the moral conviction to go after Saddam.
I have absolutely no doubt. Eric's right about no Democrat going after Saddam, but we may, unfortunately, see what a Democrat does with an inherited war theater. My money is on "more of the same with perhaps a slightly faster withdrawal." I hope we never get to find out.
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