Iraqi officials are already declaring victory.
"[Al] Qaeda has been defeated completely. And soon they will cease operating completely," Maj. Gen. Abdul-Karim Khalaf, the Interior Ministry spokesman, said in an interview in his office. "We expect them to have some attacks, they will make huge efforts and maybe they will succeed in one or two instances. But now they're shifting their operations outside Iraq. They will not have a safe home here anymore."
U.S. officials are more cautious. Al Qaeda has rebounded from past setbacks, and it almost certainly is trying to regroup, they say.
"Al Qaeda, though on the ropes, is not finished by any means," Maj. Gen. Joseph Fil, the U.S. commander in Baghdad, said in a Nov. 6 briefing in the capital. "They could come back swinging if they're allowed to."
It'll be interesting to see how, or better yet, if the Democratic presidential candidates retool their nutroots-fueled anti-war posturing.
Once again, we are winning in Iraq.
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