[Marine_Uncle]

"Sounds like a Z-man hunt!"
Perhaps more a hunt for remaining local insurgents in their many varieties as well as any al-Qaeda told to stay behind, or who had no where to sneak off to at this point, while Abu has fled eastward with his top lieutenants, and body guards.
For many months HUMIT most probably has been yielding how this attack would go. This time around we apparantly have the help of most if not all the tribal sheiks in and around ar Ramada, as well as the mayor and his government.
I will bet you in the process, more Iraqi police that where supporting the insurgency will now be in jail or popping up daisies, as well as the main designated targets.

[IrishMike]

....Iraqi police that where supporting the insurgency will now be in jail or popping up daisies.....

That needs close scrutiny too, a lot of these dirt bags in the 'police' force are nothing more that insurgents in uniform.