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WASHINGTON, June 14, 2006 – Nine seemingly coordinated attacks yesterday in Kirkuk, Iraq, demonstrate that enemy forces haven't given up their efforts to derail the new Iraqi government, a top military official said here today. The attacks "indicate that there are still cells of hardened, lethal and merciless individuals who do not hesitate to kill innocent civilians in an effort to undermine the legitimate government of Iraq," Army Brig. Gen. Carter Ham, the Joint Staff's deputy director for regional operations, told Pentagon reporters. The attacks killed three Iraqi policemen and at least 11 Iraqi civilians, and wounded seven police and...

WASHINGTON, June 11, 2006 – The killing of Abu Musab al Zarqawi is a major blow to al Qaeda in Iraq but will not end terrorism there, the top U.S. general in Iraq said today. "They (terrorists) lost their leader. And any organization, particularly an organization at war, that loses their leader is affected," Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the Multinational Force Iraq commander, told host Chris Wallace on "Fox News Sunday" this morning. There will be additional terrorist attacks in Iraq, the general said, but coalition forces will continue to disrupt Zarqawi's network "in what we feel is...

WASHINGTON, June 11, 2006 – Last week's death of terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and the filling of critical Iraqi cabinet positions were triumphs for the cause of freedom, President Bush said yesterday. "The killing of Zarqawi is an important victory in the global war on terror," Bush said in his weekly radio address. "The Iraqi people have completed a democratic government that is determined to defend them, and freedom has achieved a great victory in the heart of the Middle East." In the wake of these recent triumphs, Bush said he will meet tomorrow with his national security team and...

Americans woke up to terrific news from Iraq yesterday: Following two weeks of painstaking work by U.S. Special Ops forces, two 500-pound bombs dropped from F-16 fighter jets ended Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's bloody reign of terror for good. Almost simultaneously, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki finally completed formation of his Cabinet, as Iraq's parliament approved his nominees for the interior and defense ministries as well as the state ministry for national security. Iraq now has a complete and functioning democratically elected government. Both of these developments are important milestones in the War on Terror. Maliki, we hope, will be proved right...

WASHINGTON, June 8, 2006 – The death of terrorist leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi is a victory in the war on terror and is an opportunity for the Iraqi government to turn the tide of the struggle with insurgents, President Bush said here today. U.S. officials confirmed earlier today that Zarqawi died in a coalition military strike north of Baghdad yesterday evening. Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr., commander of Multinational Force Iraq, announced Zarqawi's death during a press conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad today. "Zarqawi has met his end,...

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