This is in the London Telegraph, not the NY Times, so it MUST fall in the category of not being part of “All the news that’s fit to print”.

Iraq insurgency: People rise against al-Qa’eda

Somebody should tell the Donks about this…never mind, they wouldn’t pay any attention to it anyway. (Remember? The surge won’t succeed!)

A transformation has swept western Iraq that allows Marines to walk through areas that a year ago were judged lost to radical Islam control and hear nothing more aggressive than a late-night game of pool. Relationships have been built by a softly-softly approach by American troops

Behind the shutters the Sunni Muslim residents of the province are enjoying the dividends of driving out al-Qa’eda fighters who had imposed an oppressive Taliban-style regime. The popular uprising against al-Qa’eda by residents of Anbar Province turned former enemies into American allies earlier this year. The result was a dramatic restoration of stability across Iraq’s Sunni heartland.

Nothing succeeds like success.