Meanwhile, John Murtha and the rest of the DemocRats are looking for a way to spin this into blaming Bush/America.
You wouldn't get this information from the MSM, but Op. Lion's Roar began back on 5-10-08. Originally, Al Qaeda in Iraq numbered some 12,000 people. Their ranks are now down to approx. 1,200 and they're making a "last stand" in Mosul. Since Op. Lion's Roar started, coalition forces have captured over 1,000 AQI personnel and killed the leader of AQI, Abu Khalaf.
Like I said, the MSM is deafeningly silent on this because victory is near in Iraq.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Saturday that the country's security forces have managed to save Baghdad from a "siege by terrorists" backed by foreign nations.
"When we took over Baghdad it was under siege, with all roads leading to neighbouring provinces controlled by terrorists. They had surrounded Baghdad from all sides, backed by the bad intentions of other countries," Maliki told a gathering of top Iraqi and US officials including Washington's envoy to Baghdad Ryan Crocker.
"We wanted these nations to support and assist us in stabilising the country but they were thinking of finishing Baghdad," he said, without naming the countries.
"But Baghdad continues to stand," the Shiite prime minister said in a speech marking the fifth anniversary of the killing of prominent Shiite leader Mohammed Bakr al-Hakim in a 2003 car bombing in the holy city of Najaf.
"Yes, there are still Al-Qaeda militants left but they are being chased. We are hunting them. But we have been able to lift the siege of Baghdad."
H/T: Gateway Pundit
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