Al Qaeda in Iraq

The New York Times reports on a memo written by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian operative in Iraq. The memo laments the following "problems":

Extremists are failing to enlist support from the Iraqis.

The Americans have not been scared into leaving.

There are no mountainous regions in which to hide.

Further confirming the intellectual, moral, and religious bankruptcy of al Queda, the memo goes on to proffer the idea that by switching their attacks from the Americans to the Shiite majority, thereby inciting a religious civil war.

"So the solution, and only God knows, is that we need to bring the Shia into the battle. It is the only way to prolong the duration of the fight between the infidels and us. If we succeed in dragging them into a sectarian war, this will awaken the sleepy Sunnis who are fearful of destruction and death at the hands of Shiites."

I can think of no better news from Iraq than this. The so-called insurgents are so desperate and frustrated that they are turning to fight amongst themselves. The memo goes on the descibe the frustration of the author:

"The problem is you end up having an army and police connected by lineage, blood and appearance. When the Americans withdraw, and they have already started doing that, they get replaced by these agents who are intimately linked to the people of this region. We can pack up and leave and look for another land, just like what has happened in so many lands of jihad. Our enemy is growing stronger day after day, and its intelligence information increases. By God, this is suffocation!"

Let's hope this news receives more than a passing mention from the talking heads at the networks.