[NormsRevenge]

Mohammed Khalif Shaiker is seen after his capture in this image handed out by the the U.S. Military June 17, 2005. Shaiker, also known as Abu Talha, has been described by the U.S. military as a senior associate of Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and as al-Qaeda's leader in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Photo by Reuters (Handout)

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An US soldierpays his last respects to his comrade Jorge M.Estrada during a Memorial Ceremony. US marines, sailors and Iraqi soldiers backed by warplanes have ben battling insurgents in Iraq's Euphrates River valley in a new operation to rout them from positions near the Syrian border(AFP/Yuri Cortez)

[ProudVet77]

Is it just my imagination, but our operations kinda cleaning up around the edges now?
In the past we'd leave this kind of place alone while focusing on the big cities. Lately we're going after the border towns, and the Iraqi army is taking care of the bigger cities.

[68skylark]

...capturing 100 militants in the third major recent attempt to uproot tenacious insurgents.

Why are the bad guys called "tenacious"? Why does the press give those losers the cool adjectives? Why aren't our guys called "tenacious"?

[lilylangtree]

Good news!