http://billroggio.com/archives/2007/03/the_battle_of_diyala.php
There is going to be no hiding place soon. According to this highly detailed article, As Sadiyah and Baqubah are playing host to two thousand Al Qaeda recently evicted from Baghdad. They are right now on the receiving end of a hefty battering by the almost invincible Stryker vehicles that have reduced IED fatalities significantly for the MNF. It seems that Gen Petraeus strategy predicted a flight from Baghdad as soon as the surge details were announced, and factored it in. Being chased around Iraq is highly dangerous for Al Qaeda in Iraq operatives, now that there are many areas where they are no longer welcome. Locals in many places now believe that the MNF/Iraqi forces outgun the insurgents, and therefore are happy to shop the latter when they become a nuisance. Unlike the many Sunni nationalist local fighters, most of AQinI operatives are foreigners and are easily detectable by Iraqi government Police and Army units.
Its much too early to declare victory, but the pieces of the puzzle are falling into place.
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