The ever-so-perky, Michael Yon-inspired optimism of Crazy Kate:
“Al Qaeda in Iraq is defeated,”
Yon;
Speaking through an interpreter at a 31 October meeting at the Iraqi Islamic Party headquarters in downtown Baghdad, Sheik Omar said that al Qaeda had been “defeated mentally, and therefore is defeated physically,” referring to how clear it has become that the terrorist group’s tactics have backfired. Operatives who could once disappear back into the crowd after committing an increasingly atrocious attack no longer find safe haven among the Iraqis who live in the southern part of Baghdad. They are being hunted down and killed. Or, if they are lucky, captured by Americans.
Posted by Kate at November 1, 2007 6:15 PM
And then, of course, there's the real world:
Deadliest year for US troops in Iraq
BAGHDAD - The U.S. military announced six new deaths Tuesday, making 2007 the bloodiest year for American troops in Iraq despite a recent decline in casualties and a sharp drop in roadside bombings that Washington links to Iran.
With nearly two months left in the year, the annual toll is now 853 — three more than the previous worst of 850 in 2004.
Small Dead Animals: Because if Michael Yon didn't say it, it can't be true.
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