More News On al-Qaeda’s Woes In Iraq and Elsewhere

Strata-Sphere ^ | Monday, November 19th, 2007 at 11:59 pm | AJStrata

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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:

During a five-day stretch between October 19 and 23, there were no deaths among coalition forces. Although three US servicemen died from “non-hostile causes”, this was the longest period without combat deaths for nearly four years. And, between October 27 and 29, there were three more days without coalition deaths.

But back to the great news coming out of Iraq today. Another story highlights how concerned Iraqi citizens are leading US and Iraqi forces to large caches of very dangerous weapons:

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Indeed Bray.

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