Someformer al Qaeda allies in Iraq are turning against the terror group.

The work of almost a decade of U.S. counterterrorist and counterinsurgency operations, at a cost of thousands of lives, is coming undone as al Qaeda operatives regain power in Iraq.

Fourteen months ago, President Bush launched the surge strategy in Iraq. Since then, violence has decreased dramatically: fewer American troops died in December 2007 than in any month since the beginning of the war; civilian casualties in December numbered less than a quarter of those one year prior; and terrorism...

Al Qaeda is counting on sapping our will and persuading America to choose to lose a war it could win.

There has been a significant amount of progress in Iraq since General Petraeus took over.

According to observers, the surge in Iraq is working.

The United States needs to remain an imposing force in Iraq in order for the violence to diminish.

Anbar's citizens needed protection before they would give their "hearts and minds."