Al Qaeda in Iraq has had multiple setbacks over the past weeks and months. Herschel Smith suggests Al Qaeda may be in a quagmire. I love this quote: "Al Qaeda has made Iraq its watershed moment and they are losing badly." Here is the link. The Yahoo Photo above shows Army soldiers from 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry, in a joint operation with Iraqi troops on October 9, 2007. Think you'll get this news from McClatchy?