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 why doesn't Tony Snow talk about all this?

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   ....before [1]the dawn. The drumbeat of negativity about Iraq drowns
   out any positive news. What does leak through is immediately ridiculed
   as pollyannish. So, like the Tet offensive, when the enemy is almost
   utterly defeated, the media reports that we are losing, that we cannot
   possibly win, that we need to get out before we lose more brave
   American lives. And like Tet, the media drumbeat is a lie, a
   fabrication of the those who devoutly wish to see the US leave Iraq so
   that they can claim victory.
   Here's some news that's being drowned out.

     Recent events highlight the growing isolation of the jihadists and
     their Saddamite allies:
     * A tribal alliance has joined together all Arab Sunni clans of
     western Iraq in a united front to "chase al Qaeda out of Iraq."
     This was partly a response to a split inside al Qaeda's Iraq
     branch. Members of the terror group recently published an appeal to
     Osama bin Laden to dismiss Abu-Ayyub al-Masri, the group's "
     commander" in Iraq. Why? Al-Masri, an Egyptian terrorist, has tried
     to push the group's violence to new depths of perfidy by planting
     mines in primary schools and hospitals and organizing rackets
     against shopkeepers, both Shiite and Sunni. The statement calling
     for his dismissal calls him a "deviant" - a label that indicates
     the willingness of some al Qaeda members to liquidate him if he's
     not replaced.
     * Iraq's National Assembly gave near-unanimous approval to a new
     plan for peace and reconciliation. Backed by all ethnic and
     religious communities through their political parties, the plan
     furthers the marginalization of the jihadists and Saddamites.
     Under the plan, the different ethnic and religious groups would
     come to one another's help whenever needed in the battle against
     the insurgents. This would end a de facto situation in which Arab
     Sunni areas have been no-go areas for Shi'ite and Kurdish forces
     and vice-versa.
     More, the plan envisages the creation of a unified information
     office to harmonize the sermons delivered at mosques, regardless of
     their affiliations. The idea is to use the mosque as a forum for a
     unified and democratic Iraq, rather than a hub of sectarian
     agitation.
     * A third event is set to take place in Mecca next week at the end
     of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. This will bring together
     prominent Sunni and Shiite clerics from Iraq and eight other Muslim
     countries to discuss and approve a declaration demanding an end to
     sectarian feuds in Iraq. An initiative of the Organization of the
     Islamic Conference, the gathering reflects growing impatience with
     the jihadists throughout the Muslim world.
     The proposed draft categorically states that bloodshed motivated by
     sectarian considerations is haram (forbidden) - and that its
     perpetrators are waging war on Islam as a whole. (Iraq's Grand
     Ayatollah Ali-Muhammad Husseini Sistani wants the gathering to go
     further by labeling as haram any incitement to sectarian hatred.)
     The Mecca gathering represents the first major effort by Sunnis and
     Shiites toward mutual recognition as acceptable versions of the
     same faith since 1947. It is strongly supported by the Al-Azhar
     seminary in Cairo, the Council of Ulema in Mecca and Medina, the
     Shi'ite seminaries of Najaf (Iraq) and Qom (Iran) and all five
     associations of Iraq's Sunni clerics.

   This gathering should be front page news. It's an earth-shattering
   event. Have you heard of it? Read the rest of the article. You should
   come away with a new admiration for the Iraqi people, who have
   suffered greatly but have not succumbed to the murderers and thieves
   who roam the streets of Iraq. (Hat tip to [2]AJ Strata.)

References

   1.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10202006/postopinion/opedcolumnists/iraq__unitin
g_against_the_jihadis_opedcolumnists_amir_taheri.htm
   2. http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/2749

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