Al Qaeda in Iraq is Losing Ground

It's frustrating that the American media do not report more about our military and political success against Al Qaeda in Iraq. Fortunately, the internet can fill in the gaps left by the media.

Ed Morrissey at Captain's Quarters analyzes a captured al-Qaeda correspondence in Iraq that discusses the state of the insurgency. Here's a sample:

From the correspondence:

Northern al-Karkh groups are estimated at 40 mujahid, so is the Southern Karkh. They could double that number if necessary. Al-Rassafah groups in general is estimated at 30 mujahidin as I was informed by the commander of al-Rassafah. These are very small numbers compared to the tens of thousands of the enemy troops. How can we increase these numbers?

Morrissey writes:

This plaintive assessment shows how weakened Zarqawi has become at the hands of the Americans. Between the three commands in the Baghdad area, AQ has a grand total of 110 mujahid, admittedly no match for the thousands of American troops in Baghdad and the thousands of Iraqi troops we are training and putting into play. No wonder Zarqawi has given up on suicide missions -- he has almost nothing left.

That's encouraging.