Somalia isn’t the only place that Al Qaeda is in retreat. They’re fleeing Baghdad as well.

The apparent evacuation of Baghdad by al Qaeda forces comes from direct orders issued by al-Masri, the former soldier who took control of the Iraqi wing of al Qaeda following the June 2006 bombing death of Zarqawi.

Initially, the intelligence officer informed Pajamas, the Baghdad-based AQ fighters did not want to leave. Al-Masri had to send unequivocal orders for their retreat, adding that one of the lessons from the Fallujah campaign was that Americans have learned how to prevail in house-to-house fighting. Masri said that remaining in Baghdad was a

Anne Applebaum has some good policy advice for the fanatical drug warriors in the administration.

This is yet one more reason to wish that we’d had better choices in the last couple elections.

But the anonymous morons in my comments section will continue to call me a “republican stooge.”

That’s what that famous chickenhawk Michael Yon says Iraq is.

[Evening update]

Sigh. I hoped that the “chickenhawk” appellation was obvious sarcasm, but for those to whom it wasn’t, it was.

That’s what that famous chickenhawk Michael Yon says Iraq is.

[Evening update]

Sigh. I hoped that the “chickenhawk” appellation was obvious sarcasm, but for those to whom it wasn’t, it was.