Al Qaeda losing logistic battle in Iraq too

Strategy Page:

The various terrorist groups in Iraq, especially the Sunni Arabs and al Qaeda, appear to be having supply problems. In a word, the enemy is running out of ammunition. Their logistical "tail" is being chopped to bits. Captured documents and prisoner interrogations mention these shortages. There are other signs as well. Many of the bomb factories, or bomb storage sites, are full of homemade explosives. Apparently most of the Saddam era, ready-made stuff, is gone. Most of the pre-2003 military explosives have been found and destroyed by American combat engineers over the last four years.

Another sign is the increased number of enemy weapons and munitions caches being found. In the past month, over 5,000 have been found, which is twice the number found in the same period a year ago. The most reassuring sign has been the sharp decrease in attacks on American and Iraqi troops. There were three times as many roadside bombs encountered last year, and nearly three times as many mortar and rocket attacks on U.S. bases.

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Al Qaeda has also lost its rat lines through Anbar. That is one of the most significant unstated benefits of the Anbar awakening and the Sunni rebellion against al Qaeda. Until that happened most of the outside supplies and fighters came through Syria and then through Anbar province to Baghdad. That supply line has been cut and the local supplies are drying up. Iraqis are also turning disclosing the hiding places in tips to Iraqi and US forces in ever greater numbers.

When Nancy Pelosi says there is no end in sight in the war in Iraq, it is clear evidence that she is not looking are she may have her own end in sight.