The U.S. military has determined that Al Qaida was losing the loyalty of its senior operatives in Iraq.
Officials said the U.S.-led coalition has received significant cooperation from captured aides of Al Qaida network chief Abu Mussib Al Zarqawi. They said information provided by these insurgents has led to the discovery of other Al Qaida commanders as well as weapons caches.
"What we're finding is there's a lack of a specific quality inside the Zarqawi network, and that quality is loyalty," U.S. Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition, said.
Over the weekend, about 85 people were killed and 140 were injured in a series of bombings that targeted Shi'ites in Baghdad. Officials said the attackers were disguised as women and struck a Shi'ite mosque. |