[TXBSAFH]

You would figure that their moon god would get tired of making all those virgins.

[Allegra]

There is most definitely a noticeable change from a year ago. From six months ago. From three months ago.

We can actually see peace on the horizon, or at least the beginning of it. We have not seen that before.

It's not over yet, but there is an end in sight now.

Major contributing factors to this have been:

The courage of the people to vote in spite of death threats;
The courage of the government to continue moving forward with putting things in place (yes, there are glitches, but this is new to them and it DOES keep moving forward in spite of what the media portrays);
The refusal of the Shiites and Sunnis to buy into Iran's attempt to start a civil war and the unity that is happening as a result;
The commitment the Iraqi forces have demonstrated to get up to speed and assume the full responsibility of the security of their nation.

This is working!

[W04Man]

Most of the violence in Iraq is driven by organizations that pay people to participate.

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[roaddog727]

The MSM and DIMS are deeply saddend.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Most of the violence in Iraq is driven by organizations that pay people to participate.

A-yep. Cut off the money and you cut off the terror.

[Wiz]

ping

[Garvin]

I think Egypt is planning on sending them more terrorists, see "Egypt frees 900 Islamist militants-(Jamaa Islamiya was responsible for the assassination of Sadat)"

[babydoll22]

Thanks for posting. I have always wondered if we had snipers who roamed at night.

Back when the war started, a number of posters indicated that we owned the night.

I hadn't seen much discussion of this, and wondered if we were not being successful in this area.

However, lately I have seen articles about IEDS blowing up and killing the terrorists before they could be used to kill our troops. I now see what might be causing this.

I find special ops extremely interesting. Would you know of any links to search on this subject?

Again, thanks for the post.

[elfman2]

"These groups have suffered increasing casualties over the last year, and that has resulted in fewer wealthy Sunni Arabs putting up the cash to pay the fighters. The increasing casualties caused by American and Iraqi forces has also discouraged Sunni Arabs from taking the money offered. The work has become too dangerous. The word gets around fast when Abdul and his four buddies all get killed when they tried to ambush some Iraqi police (and got spotted by an American UAV, and hit with a counterattack by Iraqi and American forces). "

This sounds very close to the universal definition of military victory - destroying the enemy’s will to fight

[Sam's Army]

Manpower shortage?

Too many folks for them were getting "fired".

[elfman2]

"Iraqi Terrorists Suffering a Manpower Shortage"

Jobs Iraqis just won’t do anymore.

[jiggyboy]

The larger UAVs carry missiles. This means a few guys setting up a roadside bomb will suddenly disappear in a loud explosion.

LOL...poof!