Good Bye Al-Qaeda in Iraq?

Iraqis lead final purge of Al-Qaeda

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki announced today that the terrorists in Iraq have been defeated!

"American and Iraqi forces are driving Al-Qaeda in Iraq out of its last redoubt in the north of the country in the culmination of one of the most spectacular victories of the war on terror.

After being forced from its strongholds in the west and centre of Iraq in the past two years, Al-Qaeda’s dwindling band of fighters has made a defiant “last stand” in the northern city of Mosul.

A huge operation to crush the 1,200 fighters who remained from a terrorist force once estimated at more than 12,000 began on May 10.

Operation Lion’s Roar, in which the Iraqi army combined forces with the Americans’ 3rd Armoured Cavalry Regiment, has already resulted in the death of Abu Khalaf, the Al-Qaeda leader, and the capture of more than 1,000 suspects.

American and Iraqi leaders believe that while it would be premature to write off Al-Qaeda in Iraq, the Sunni group has lost control of its last urban base in Mosul and its remnants have been largely driven into the countryside to the south.

Major-General Mark Hertling, American commander in the north, said: “I think we’re at the irreversible point.”"

No wonder the MSM is ignoring Iraq. If Obama is the next president, let me just put it out here now that American troops will be coming home not because of Obama's promise, but because of George Bush's decision to stick it out to the end. He was a Churchill without the brilliant oratory. Too bad, that, but he really did stick to his guns and saw this through. It's just too bad he lacked the gift of the silver tongue, which can make all the difference in political life, and which, in this case, may have saved many Iraqi lives.

Hey. And after five years they're singing, too.