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To: Sully- who wrote (55315)	2/28/2007 7:49:12 AM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

I wonder why this info isn't getting any positive headline press? **** Iraq Trends By Michael Goldfarb WorldwideStandard.com Rich Lowry posts this email from a “Pentagon intel guy": <<< Since my job at the Pentagon is to follow and report these kinds of things- there are several trends we are seeing lately. 1) Definite and measurable decrease in number of sectarian killings within Baghdad: From nearly 1,400 to 680 in the last two months. 2) We are killing and capturing increasing numbers of Sunni insurgents and Al Qaeda fighters. And when I say "we"- I mean Multi-National Forces Iraq as well as the Iraqi Army, the Iraqi Police Commando, and the newer "National Guard"/Territorial Forces in Anbar. 3) The recent bombings in ANBAR demonstrate red on red kinetic operations. Something which has been rare until the last few months. More and more Sunni tribes are pledging fealty to the Iraqi government and the Coalition and turning their back on the insurgents/Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). This has caused them to be targeted. We have seen the enemy bomb police recruitment drives, and now mosques of "apostate" Imams and Sheikhs who have sided with the Americans. This has happened twice in the last week. While the mainstream media considers this more proof of failure- it is actually a sign of the precarious position the terrorists are in. They need the Sunni population to protect them and shelter them. If they are now butchering them like everyone else- this could be a turning point in the relationship. This is crucial to watch. We need to protect the tribal leaders who have come over to us- and AQI knows that it is a death sentence for them if they can't stop it. >>> weeklystandard.com corner.nationalreview.com