More News On al-Qaeda’s Woes In Iraq and Elsewhere
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The stories of al-Qaeda’s problems are starting to avalanche as Iraq turns the corner, causing a domino effect across the Muslim world in terms of al-Qaeda’s falling credibility and respect. The wave of good news is so strong I can only synopsize and link to the stories these days. So here we go:
Coalition forces keep rounding up al-Qaeda leaders as the leads from previous captures provide the intel to pick up other targets and gain more leads. al-Qaeda cannot hide among the populace of Iraq anymore which makes the whole process easier.
The other source of leads are the Iraqis themselves who are turning in weapons and bomb caches. Which in turn leads to the huge drop off in violence seen in Iraq. Another new statistic on the changing tide in Iraq is this tidbit: “And on Nov. 16, Iraq experienced just 33 terrorist incidents, he pointed out. “This is the lowest number of any attacks in a single day in Iraq in nearly three and a half years,” Smith said.”. Recall that there were long periods in October without combat deaths:
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But al-Qaeda is not just losing in Iraq. They are being routed elsewhere. We know they have been challenged successfully in Lebanon. But few know they also have apparently been routed in Algiers as well. They are losing leadership faster there than in Iraq. Seems the Muslims in Algiers are also turning al-Qaeda’s butchers into authorities.
And it seem they have also been running into trouble in Libya of all places:
Al Qaeda has been utterly defeated in Iraq and there will be no dawn for them anywhere else.