Harry Reid, the soothsayer and fortune teller, was able to predict the future of the Iraq war and the affect of the surge to a ‘T’…

Wait a minute!  Harry Reid was way off base on his predictions – what was I thinking?  2 years ago Harry Reid made those statements and two years ago there was a dire situation in Iraq, but the surge worked and had a tremendous impact.

I hope that democrats are lauding what recently took place in the region, in which Iraqi officers arrested four children under the age of 14 who were being recruited by Al-Qaeda.  This would never have happened under Saddam Hussein or either of his two sons.

Iraqi security forces have arrested four children who were recruited by Al-Qaeda to carry out suicide attacks in and around the northern city of Kirkuk, an army general told AFP on Sunday.

“Specialforces units have arrested an organisation of children consisting of four individuals under the age of 14 who call themselves the ‘Birds of Paradise’,” General Abdelamir al-Zaidi said.

“The group relies on children and is connected to Al-Qaeda. It works to recruit children and young people to carry out suicide attacks and to aid the terrorist groups in detonating roadside bombs,” he said.

The name of the group likely comes from the traditional Islamic belief that when children die they become birds in paradise.

The children were arrested west of Kirkuk, the main oil hub in northern Iraq that is the subject of a long-standing dispute between Baghdad and the autonomous Kurdish region and has seen several recent attacks.

Zaidi said security forces are still investigating the group and have arrested other suspects, but he declined to give further details because of the secrecy of the operation.

Another Iraqi officer said the existence of the children’s unit proves Al-Qaeda is losing ground.

This is a remarkable turn of events and should speak volumes for democracy and freedom.  Iraq now has more civil liberties and human rights afforded to them and although we often hear of the negativism, because negativity sells better for the media than positive stories, many in Iraq are happy with what has taken place – ask a soldier or ask an Iraqi who has endured the torture and suffering of Saddam Hussein.

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