Al-Qaida in Iraq?

Ironic it is, since one of Bush's arguments for the war in Iraq was to combat terrorism, even though the terrorist organization responsible for the 9/11 attacks (namely Al-Qaida) was never based in Iraq, nor had any major power in that country.

But, that's how enemies are. When you stop chasing them, they start coming after you.

What's even more ironic, if you read further down the article, is that some of the militant Iraqi groups that are fighting the US are also being attacked by Al-Qaida, and some have teamed-up with the Americans to combat Al-Qaida's aggressive attempts to insert their influence in the country.

Let me restate that last point for clarity: There are, apparently, Iraqi militant fundamentalist groups that hate Al-Qaida more than they hate the American military forces that invaded their country.

At least now, at long last, we are finally fighting Al-Qaida in Iraq!

Too much irony for one day...