A Bit of Good News in Iraq

US and Iraqi forces discovered the largest weapons cache yet in Fallujah when the raided the mosque of Abdullah al-Janabi, a terrorist leader. An military spokesman said there were enough weapons to rule Iraq. In addition, US forces discovered a lab that was being used to develope chemical weapons. This on the heels of the capture of Abu Saeed one the key lieutenants of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

There are also some tantalizing bits about al-Zarqawi himself. Hammorabi, one of the Iraqi bloggers, is claiming that coalition forces have surrounded the rebel leader, but this has not appeared in any of the mainstream media reports.

Meanwhile, several Sunni clerics have been assasinated and there is some speculation about who is responsible. The easy answer is that the Shi'ites are responsible, but it may in fact be that they were killed by al-Zarqawi's group. Zarqawi in a tape recording recently condemned Sunni clerics for failing to support the rebellion.

Not all news is good, however. Four security contractors were killed by mortar fire in Iraq's "green zone" and US troops discovered the bodies dead Iraqi security personnel in the northern city of Mosul.
- posted by Base10 @ 9:46 AM