[balch3]

About 200 foreigners of many different nationalities have been kidnapped in Iraq over the past four years, though the number has fallen dramatically since a few years ago.

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this was buried way down at the bottom, naturally. The surge is working, and their trying to pull off something this dramatic just proves that they’re desperate.

[varon]

The surge is working, and their trying to pull off something this dramatic just proves that they’re desperate.

Au contraire, it goes to show that they can do as they please, anywhere and any time!

[leadpenny]

The surge is working

If this is "working," I'd hate to see what "not working" is.