According to their own diaries, seized in raids by US military, they are losing their grip in Iraq. The surge is working, the President of Iran plans to travel to Iraq for the first time in a sign that even he knows that a democratic Iraq is here to stay.
US: al-Qaida in Iraq Weakened
US Military: Documents Seized During US Raids Show al-Qaida in Iraq Weakened
A diary and another document seized during U.S. raids show some al-Qaida in Iraq leaders fear the terror group is crumbling, with many fighters defecting to American-backed neighborhood groups, the U.S. military said Sunday.
"We lost cities and afterward, villages ... We find ourselves in a wasteland desert," Smith quoted the document as saying.
The documents tell "narrow but compelling stories of the challenges al-Qaida in Iraq is facing," Smith told reporters in Baghdad's heavily guarded Green Zone.
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