Reporting Al Qaeda is down to 200-300 core members. Unknown outliers and ideological compatriots.
Gateway has a nice run down of why that might be the case. Dust to dust, ashes to ashes
Long War Journal reports exclusive letters from Al Qaeda headquarters to Al Qaeda in Iraq: you suck.
It is almost as if the AQ folks stopped watching al-Jazeera and CNN (but, I repeat myself) and started getting their news from Fox news, milblogs and MNF-I newsletters. Actually, I think we wrote that letter here sometime last September. Or, I could be having a Joe Biden/Barak Obama Capt. Bull$#it moment. You be the judge.
Al Qaeda in Iraq responds: I'll get you my pretty, and your little dog Maliki, too. While hiding in a pile of goat turds according to the Long War Journal. Probably because Bob Woodward told them that, if they come out, a secret death ray will put a thermal marker on them so we can follow them to the gates of hell.
Jawa Report on the raids last week into Pakistan (language alert): Navy SEALs take a leisurely stroll through Taliban village. More from al Jazeera: up to 100 militants asked to do la danza de la muerta. Pakistan government decries loss of "hearts and minds". Petraeus replied: you can have their hearts, we're just going to blow their minds.
Jawa provides two more examples of why we have not heard from our favorite terrorists on this special occassion. From American Apaches to Taliban: you need more iron in your diet. And a perrenial favorite: The sound of silence.
Petraeus: We haven't won the lottery yet, but you can start packing your bermudas. Gates concurs.
Gateway has a nice run down of why that might be the case. Dust to dust, ashes to ashes
Long War Journal reports exclusive letters from Al Qaeda headquarters to Al Qaeda in Iraq: you suck.
The series of letters highlights the divisions within al Qaeda in Iraq and highlights al Qaeda's senior leadership's questions about the leadership in Iraq. Al Masri is portrayed as an ineffective leader who is refusing to respond to questions by al Qaeda's senior leadership based in Pakistan. Leaders also criticize al Qaeda in Iraq's propaganda campaign, stating the group has intentionally deceived followers by releasing old footage and inflating enemy casualties.
It is almost as if the AQ folks stopped watching al-Jazeera and CNN (but, I repeat myself) and started getting their news from Fox news, milblogs and MNF-I newsletters. Actually, I think we wrote that letter here sometime last September. Or, I could be having a Joe Biden/Barak Obama Capt. Bull$#it moment. You be the judge.
Al Qaeda in Iraq responds: I'll get you my pretty, and your little dog Maliki, too. While hiding in a pile of goat turds according to the Long War Journal. Probably because Bob Woodward told them that, if they come out, a secret death ray will put a thermal marker on them so we can follow them to the gates of hell.
Jawa Report on the raids last week into Pakistan (language alert): Navy SEALs take a leisurely stroll through Taliban village. More from al Jazeera: up to 100 militants asked to do la danza de la muerta. Pakistan government decries loss of "hearts and minds". Petraeus replied: you can have their hearts, we're just going to blow their minds.
Jawa provides two more examples of why we have not heard from our favorite terrorists on this special occassion. From American Apaches to Taliban: you need more iron in your diet. And a perrenial favorite: The sound of silence.
Petraeus: We haven't won the lottery yet, but you can start packing your bermudas. Gates concurs.
