Now....THIS is progress and great news!!

No. 2 al-Qaida leader in Iraq arrested
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 8 minutes ago


BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi forces have arrested the second most senior operative in al-Qaida in Iraq, and the group now suffers from a "serious leadership crisis," the national security adviser said Sunday.

Hamed Jumaa Farid al-Saeedi, known as Abu Humam or Abu Rana, was arrested a few days ago, Mouwaffak al-Rubaie said, adding that his arrest also led to the capture or death of 11 other top al-Qaida in Iraq figures and nine lower-level members.

He was the second most important al-Qaida in Iraq leader after Abu Ayyub al-Masri, al-Rubaie said. Al-Masri succeeded Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was killed in a U.S. airstrike north of Baghdad on June 7.

"We believe that al-Qaida in Iraq suffers from a serious leadership crisis. Our troops have dealt fatal and painful blows to this organization," the security adviser said.

Al-Saeedi was "directly responsible" for the person who carried out the bombing of a Shiite shrine in Samarra in February, al-Rubaie added. The bombing inflamed tensions between Shiite and Sunni Muslims and triggered reprisal attacks that continue still.

"Al-Saeedi carried out al-Qaida's policies in Iraq and the orders of the slain al-Zarqawi to incite sectarian violence in the country, through attempting to start a civil war between Shiites and Sunnis — but their wishes did not materialize," al-Rubaie added."

http://news.yahoo.com/news

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"This is a time for a national imperative not to fail in Iraq." Condoleeza Rice, January 11, 2007

I guess we can pull out now.

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the memories of a man in his old age
are the deeds of a man in his prime

roger waters

YES. It's one step closer to that goal.

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"This is a time for a national imperative not to fail in Iraq." Condoleeza Rice, January 11, 2007

Yeah, meanwhile over 40% of professionals, including 12,000 doctors, have left Iraq AKA Bush's Wonderland. Is that a positive sign?

Conservatives are waking up. Here's an article from the American Conservative magazine. They realize the "War on Terror" cannot be won:

http://www.amconmag.com/2006/2006_09_11/cover.html

Better read the following also:

http://www.chaostan.com/washington-times-1985.html

Excellent news!!!

June 2006 No 1. Al-Qaeda al-Zarqawi killed
Sept 2006 No 2. Al-Qaeda Hamad Jama al-Saedi detained


so JP5 what do expect to see as a direct result of these wonderful events?
a marked reduction in the insurgent violance in Iraq?


Anyway after we have torchured this guy and he has spilt the beans as to the whole structure of Al-Qaeda in Iraq - then we should cut off his head.

A lot of people said the war on communism and the cold war couldn't be won either. Both were defeated. And if those who believed it couldn't be won had been in power, the world would be a very different place today. Thank GOD, that wasn't the case.

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"This is a time for a national imperative not to fail in Iraq." Condoleeza Rice, January 11, 2007

Just how many number twos can one organization have, anyway?

Yes look who was in Power when the commies eventually cracked - strong leaders like Thatcher and Reagan.

Trouble is JP5 less and less people now remember what it was like to live in a World that nuclear weapons could be used, and what it took to defeat the communist expansion...

No, Communism wasn't defeated. Communism, if left alone, will always destroy itself. You don't have to "defeat" it. Communism creates poverty and destroys freedom. It always degenerates into Totalitarianism.

You really need to do some reading:

http://www.ruwart.com/Healing/chap19.html

http://www.ruwart.com/Healing/chap20.html

True. And that's why it's so important for us to constantly remind them of that history.

I refuse to believe that even Democrats won't fight hard for this country when it comes right down to it. I have many Democrats in my own family......they did fight for this country and the younger ones will do it again if necessary. I've said it over and over again: this fight is NOT about who is the President. It it NOT about politics. It's an ideological fight against a group of people who are intolerant to anyone's beliefs, but their own and who seek to impose their views on the rest of us. We cannot and will not let that happen.

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"This is a time for a national imperative not to fail in Iraq." Condoleeza Rice, January 11, 2007