Buried - Great News On Iraq

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It is still happening, even though the surge is working and violence is down drastically in Iraq.  Major media still can't stomach such good news out of Iraq.  They still headline any bad news about Iraq and bury the good news. 

This time, the "paper of record" the New York Times carried the amazing story that Al Queda can no longer be found in Baghdad, but buried it in its back pages, here.

But they still can't bring themselves to call Al Queda "terrorists" but persist in calling them "militants."  And they still can't bear to write the words "Al Queda in Iraq" but continue the awkward "Al Queda in Mesopotamia" instead.  (Mesopotamia??  Are they hoping no one will connect that with Iraq?  What confidence in the underperformance of U.S. education!)

Then the prestigious Washington Post buried the spectacular news that Sunni and Shiite clerics issued a major Fatwa together, banning violence in Iraq.   It can't even be found in their online version.  So here it is, from CNN news.  (Scroll down to the second story.)

So - Al Queda can no longer be found anywhere in Baghdad.  Good work and kudos to the U.S. Military and to all citizens of Baghdad!

And Shiites and Sunni clerics have forbidden fighting between Shiites and Sunnis in Iraq!  Wow!  This from a top-level conference in Mecca, Saudia Arabia by the OIC (Organization of Islamic Conference) and signed by the sheik heading the Sunni Endowment in Iraq and the leading Shiite cleric, Al Sistani.  Applause, please!

What great news!  A good news day on the Iraqi front, after a long drought.