A few days ago Der Spiegel published the story of Donkey Island near Ramadi, Anbar Province, Iraq (my post on the story is here). As I said before, the Battle for Donkey Island was a microscosm of the Iraq war right now and could be one of history’s ironic moments. It is ironic because Donkey […]

al-Qaeda has been chased from large population centers in Anbar and Diyala Provinces (as well as others around Baghdad) to the point where they are now dispersed into small, temporary enclaves. Much of this has been due to the fact the local Iraqis are turning en masse against al-Qaeda. Many are tipping authorities off to […]

As most things in life tend to be, things have to hit bottom before conditions finally force people to act. The pressure cooker that was Iraq, which came from distrust and anger after years of pain and suffering, torture and death under Saddam Hussein, had to blow off after the liberation. Ged by lies and […]

Gen Petraeus is developing a troop draw down plan which can be implemented in stages and as conditions warrant: The top American commander in Iraq said Wednesday that he was preparing recommendations on troop reductions before he returns to Washington next month for a report to Congress. He predicted the U.S. footprint in Iraq would […]

The Iraq war is having a profoundly negative effect on al-Qaeda in the eyes of the Muslim world. In no small part this is due to the endless brutality and mayhem al-Qaeda is inflicting on Muslims in Iraq, as today’s headlines clearly illustrate: Four truck bombs exploded in two Iraqi villages in a Kurdish-speaking area […]

Please Check Updates Below It will be one of those historically ironic moments if the Battle of Donkey Island outside Ramadi was one of the places where Iraq tipped from unending quagmire to hard fought success. It will be ironic because it might be the day the Donkey Party in America was forever tainted with […]

The liberal media, grasping for some dark cloud in the silver lining now spreading in Iraq, is now worried that al-Qaeda’s B-Team is ready to go and just as potent: U.S. and Iraqi units have killed or captured nearly 20 senior al Qaeda leaders in Iraq since July 1, but if the past is any […]

While the violence in those areas patrolled by the US is finally on the wane as al-Qaeda’s brutallity created a Muslim backlash which has resulted in Iraqis swearing on the Koran to defeat the terrorists, the Southern area of Iraq where British forces operated has been a mixed bag. The UK had the responsibility to […]

al-Qaeda long ago surpassed the American death toll it achieved for 9-11 with a Muslim death toll that is just stunning. We can figure this out by looking at the impressive drop in al-Qaeda bombings in Iraq: he number of truck bombs and other large al-Qaeda-style attacks in Iraq have declined nearly 50% since the […]

Two of the largest strongholds of al-Qaeda and Sunni insurgency have been declared a success in terms of the Surge’s military goals. First Anbar Province went from capitol of al-Qaeda’s modern caliphate to a shining example of how our fortunes in Iraq could change when the local population rises up, out of rejection of al-Qaeda’s […]