Iraq update November 4, 2007

News of the PKK from Pat Dollard - PKK Fleeing To Iran In Advance Of Turkish Attack

• Turkish Kurd guerrillas are leaving Iraqi Kurdistan for Iran in order to avoid an attack by the Turkish army according to a former leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party, the PKK.

A couple from MNF-I regarding Al Qaeda in Iraq losing - One killed, eight detained as Coalition forces disrupt al-Qaeda operations

• BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition forces killed one terrorist, wounded one and detained eight suspects during operations Saturday and Sunday targeting al-Qaeda networks in central and northern Iraq.

And Coalition forces disrupt al-Qaeda networks; one killed, 23 detained

• BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition forces killed one terrorist and detained 23 suspects during four coordinated operations Sunday targeting al-Qaeda networks in central Iraq.
  

Also from MNF-I regarding another sheik forming a concerned citizens group - Sheik Takes Steps to Create Concerned Local Citizens Group

• FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER — Sheik Vin Jan, a key figure in the Vin Jan village, recently took the first steps toward building a Concerned Local Citizens (CLC) group in his village.

And lastly, from The Daily Standard - The Real Iraqi Miracle

• IN THE FACE OF MEDIA indifference, the facts on the ground in Iraq have changed--dramatically and for the better. The deaths of Iraqi civilians over the past two months have declined precipitously.