US and Iraqi Forces Pound Terrorists

A joint US/Iraqi force attacked a terrorist training camp in central Iraq today:

BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi forces raided a suspected guerrilla training camp and killed 85 fighters, the single biggest one-day death toll for militants in months and the latest in a series of blows to the insurgency, Iraqi officials said Wednesday.

The U.S. military announced late Tuesday that its air and ground forces backed Iraqi commandos during a noontime raid on the suspected training camp near Lake Tharthar in central Iraq (news - web sites). Seven commandos died in fighting, the U.S. military said. It did not give a death toll for the militants.
Iraqi officials said Wednesday 85 insurgents died in the clash — the largest number killed in a single battle since the U.S. Marine-led November attack on the former militant stronghold of Fallujah left more than 1,000 dead. On Sunday, U.S. forces killed 26 attackers after an ambush south of Baghdad.

Things seem to be progressing nicely with training the Iraqi forces.

In other news, the Sunni's see the light:

BAGHDAD – Two years after war dramatically changed Iraq's political landscape, the former ruling minority Sunnis are developing plans to participate in a government formed by elections they boycotted.

In a significant shift, several Sunni groups that hitherto shunned the political process met last weekend to create a unified front and set of demands that they will present to the Shiite and Kurdish leaders now hammering out a new government.

The meeting was a reversal for Sunni leaders who have supported insurgents and urged US troops to leave Iraq immediately.

Update: Kos clone--Armando--always manages to see the cup as half empty:

The not so good news? Two years later, such operations are still necessary - indicative of the fact that our troops will not be able to come home anytime soon. It is hard to imagine the Iraqis being able to mount this type of operation any time soon.

I guess Armando finds reading just as hard as writing. Can't you just see this little moron seething that it wasn't 85 dead Americans?