Iraq: How Locals Help Evict Al-Qaeda

Special Forces soldier Michael Yon reports from Iraq that Iraqis are eagerly offering intelligence to U.S. forces, continually ISO for AQI (al-Qaeda Iraq) terrorists.  Yon's account is vivid, especially his chronicle of AQI brutalities such as placing bombs inside dead kids so as to blow up their parents who come to claim the bodies, and promiscuous use of electric drills on captives.  But on the brighter side Yon tells us of the risks locals are taking to alert us to AQI, and also the ingenuity.  Locals are making cellphone calls in the presence of AQI they are turning in; when we show up we arrest everyone to protect the cover of the informant, who is later released.  Some messages are sent over the Internet, with a Google Earth map showing the specified target AQI location.  Visit Michael Yon's Online Magazine blog.