Actually --It's a video from Al Zarquawi (sp). Going to be played on al jazeera tonight. He claims that the reduction in troops has been planned for a long time, and claims victory in Afghanistan, and Iraq. Barf alert!!
al-Zawhiri not al-Zarqawi.
Because al-Zarqawi is actually in Iraq he doesn't release videos showing his face.
Actually it has..there were reports quoting Generals back in 2003 that said we expected to be there until 2006. Apparently people's memories are short and the articles are now hard to find, but here is one:
Oct. 18, 2003 - Lt. Gen. Thomas F. Metz, commander of the Army's 3rd Corps, has told reporters American troops would be in Iraq for another troop rotation or even two. At the current pace of a turnover of troops every year, that could mean U.S. forces would be in Iraq until 2006.
As troop levels are reduced, be prepared for the Democrats to take credit for it and use it as propoganda in their campaigns. And if the security situation in Iraq does not permit significant reductions, it’ll be back to the charges of mismangement.