Democrats Rankled by Slight Iraq Troop Withdrawal Plan

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is not the only Democrat criticizing President George W. Bush’s announcement today that the Pentagon will withdraw only 8,000 troops from Iraq by February — while shifting just 4,500 additional troops to increasingly restive Afghanistan.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said he was More…

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This Week In Iraqi Jihadism

According to the latest Terrorism Focus, a useful compendium of counterterrorism tidbits put together by the Jamestown Foundation, Iraqi jihadis are crediting the surge with messing them up. The new issue doesn’t seem to be online, but check this out, courtesy of someone claiming to speak for an insurgent More…