An U.S. Army soldier pulls security near a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during an air assault mission onto the banks of the Tigris River in Bayji, Iraq, Oct. 14, 2008. “The soldier is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Richard Rzepka From World Tribune:
BAGHDAD — Iraq stated that Al Qaida was on the verge of collapse and will soon be eliminated.
Senior officials said the Al Qaida network sustained a significant loss in capability and recruits in 2008. They said that despite a spate of suicide bombings Al Qaida was on the verge of disintegrating.
"We have succeeded to a great extent in weakening the armed and terrorist factions of Al Qaida in Iraq and the neighboring countries should be vigilant regarding a comeback of these terrorists to the region," Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki said.
In an interview with the official Kuwait news agency, Al Maliki said Iraqi intelligence has determined that the Al Qaida network would soon be eliminated. Al Maliki said the network sustained a major blow with the loss of its No. 2 figure, Abu Qaswarah, a Moroccan native killed in a U.S.-led coalition operation in Mosul on Oct. 5.
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My Comment: Good riddance.