U.S. making allies in Iraq

When I read this in the Plain Dealer I almost fell over. I cannot recall ever reading a "good story" or "positive story" about Iraq and our troops ever in the local rag.

It appears that as in other locations, local Iraqi groups and clans are willing to support the U.S. troops against the bloodthirsty killers of Al-Qaeda.

From the PD --

Baqouba, Iraq- Two months ago, a dozen Sunni insurgents - haggard, hungry and in handcuffs - stepped tentatively into a U.S.-Iraqi combat outpost near Baqouba and asked to speak to the commander: "We're out of ammunition, but we want to help you fight al- Qaida."

Now, hundreds of fighters from the 1920s Revolution Brigades, an erstwhile Sunni insurgent group, work as scouts and gather intelligence for the 10,000-strong American force during its current mission to remove al-Qaida gunmen and bomb makers from the Diyala provincial capital.

Little so well illustrates the Middle Eastern dictum: "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." More...