That's not at all unprecedented. Remember how long it took to bring Khaddafi around to surrendering Libya's WMD materials and programs. And the bulk of the diplomatic back and forth came from the Brits.
Another member of the Axis of Evil will fall, moving North Korea to the head of the class...
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Kurdish security forces have captured 15 militants in northern Iraq, including one man believed to be a senior leader of a local Al Qaeda-linked group, an official in a pro-American Kurdish party said Tuesday.
Among those arrested late Monday evening was a man identified as Hemen Banishiri, reportedly the second-in-command for the radical Kurdish group, Ansar al-Islam (search), said Saadi Ahmed, a senior member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's (search) political wing.
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