Al Qaeda on the Run in Iraq, Coalition Spokesman Says

By Fred W. Baker III | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2007 - Al Qaeda may not yet be defeated in Iraq, but the group's terrorists are on the run, a senior official in the area said today.

"We've taken out a significant part of their leadership. We've gone after their foreign fighter facilitation network. We've gone after their financial networks. And... we also have gone after very heavily their propaganda network," said Navy Rear Adm. Gregory J. Smith, spokesman for Multinational Force Iraq, via telephone to a group of military analysts.