Now, this is probably a little too nuanced for the lefties to grasp, (particularly because it provides no Bush LIED!!!! opportunitites) but it turns out that the Iraqi people, who predictably didn't mind all THAT much when Al Queda guys were killing mostly Americans, FIND THEMSELVES UNHAPPY ABOUT IT when it's THEIR asses getting blown up. Of course, the left is more than happy to tell us all about how Al Queda and Iraq could NEVER have been allies against the US. Nope. COuldn't ever happen: Fair enough. Turns out that the Iraqis DON'T like Al Queda, particularly when Al Queda is trying to klill them. So they're ratting them out and sending them packing. Just don't mention it to the "nuance" (meaning "we're really, really smart" crowd. It's just too complicated for them to grasp, poor babies. Just tell them Bush LIED!!! and send them off to bed. Is this the end? Of course not. But. like most hopeful signs, Dan Rather will ignore it. Won't do a THING to get Kerry elected. Al Qaeda operations in Iraq have encountered unexpected problems. Iraqis have become increasingly hostile to al Qaeda's suicide bombing campaign. Religious leaders, which al Qaeda expects to get support from, have been openly denouncing these bombings. Iraqis, aware that they are more likely, than American soldiers, to be victims of these attacks, are providing more information on where the al Qaeda members are hiding out. Most of the al Qaeda in Iraq are foreigners, and easy for Iraqis to detect. As a result of this, many of the al Qaeda men have moved back to Fallujah, which has become a terrorist sanctuary. The interim government is trying to convince the tribal and religious leaders of Fallujah to back a military operation in the city to clear out the various al Qaeda, criminal and Baath Party gangs. But the gangs of Fallujah are quick to threaten any local leader that shows signs of supporting the government. While the Fallujah leadership is intimidated, many residents of Fallujah are not, and are providing information to the coalition, which has led to attacks, with smart bombs or coalition and Iraqi troops, on buildings used by al Qaeda, or other gangs, as headquarters. Al Qaeda has found the atmosphere even more hostile elsewhere in Iraq, and many of the terrorists have returned home. This is especially true of those who came from Saudi Arabia (and other Gulf nations, particularly Yemen) and Syria. Few, if any, al Qaeda came from Iran, which is Shia Moslem. Al Qaeda is dominated by Sunni Moslems who are often violently anti-Shia. While the hundreds of returning al Qaeda veterans are still determined to achieve al Qaeda's goals of world domination, they are also more realistic. Fanaticism was not sufficient to chase the foreigners from Iraq, and the Arab media's sensational, and largely false, reporting of the impact of al Qaeda's attacks contributed to the disillusionment.