AQ: Giving a shout out to their homeys, the Dems.

If someone in the Republican Party does not take this statement and play PIN THE TAIL ON THE DONKEY with it, they are nothing but a bunch of horse's asses.

And I mean that seriously.

From the WaPo: 5 die in Ambush of US patrol in Iraq

Mohamad al-Janabi, a reputed al-Qaeda member in the nearby city of Salman Pak, said in a telephone interview that he was unable to contact his comrades in Mahmudiyah to determine whether they were responsible for the attack. But he added: "I can assure you that we will start pressuring Bush in a new way at the same time he is facing pressures from the Democrats and the American people. And there will be no problem to sacrifice 10 soldiers in order to abduct a single American soldier and get him on television screens begging for us to release him."

Bastards.

About Mahmudiya. It's not exactly a garden spot:
The mayor of Mahmudiyah, Muaiad Fadhil Hussein, said the attack happened near the village of Beshesha, west of the city. He described it as "one of the most dangerous areas of the city, in which Arab and Iraqi terrorists exist, and not even innocent civilians can enter it."

God bless our troops and may God grant us the will to persevere in this fight.