Al-Qaida's foreign fighters who have for years bedeviled Iraq are increasingly going to Afghanistan to fight instead, the Iraqi ambassador to the United States said Wednesday. "We have heard reports recently that many of the foreign fighters that were in Iraq have left, either back to their homeland or going to fight in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is now seeming to be more suitable for al-Qaida fighters," said Ambassador Samir Sumaida'ie. Al-Qaida had training camps and a headquarters in Afghanistan, under the protection of the then-ruling Taliban, until the U.S. invaded after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. With al-Qaida forced out of Afghanistan, the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 quickly drew outside fighters there.

*sarcasm*This is because of the shift in political winds in Iraq. It is because the Sadr militia stood down and the Sunni tribes decided to flip and work with us instead of with Al Qaeda, it has nothing to do with U.S. Forces. They haven't done anything.*sarcasm* Please note the sarcasm tags. There is only one thing that can be said for this. The troop surge worked. Good job to our American troops, their Commanders, and above all the Commander in Chief President George Bush. At least the President had the cajones to stick with it after so much negativity and personal slander. GOOD JOB to all of the armed services. If this report is true then we can change our focus to eradicating Al-Qaida from the face of the earth, without sitting down to talks. Should we even consider having talks with terrorist groups?

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