There is a growing consensus among Republicans, not to mention Democrats, that another failure like last summer's Operation Forward Together will tear the fabric of trust between the Bush and al-Maliki command centers.
South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson put out a press release juxtaposing Murtha's statements with statements by the second in command of al-Qaeda.
Abou Zeid - whose death is still to be confirmed by DNA evidence - is said to be second-in-command of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), which is fighting foreign forces in Mali.
The New York Times reported Sunday that the Bush administration is considering expanding covert operations in the western part of Pakistan to shore up support for Musharraf's government and to find bin Laden and his second in command, Ayman al-Zawahiri.
Yemeni observers say the Muslim Brotherhood has long been influential within al-Ahmar's military command, and he is known for his antipathy toward Yemen's Shiites.
General John Jumper, Air Force chief of staff, says the military is upgrading al-Udeid for use as a command-and-control center if the Saudis put CAOC off-limits.
An Iraqi government official says al-Qaida in Iraq's second in command has been captured.
Lest anyone doubt these efforts, Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's second-in-command, has often called on devout Muslims to kill Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's president.
He also said the Rufallah al-Sihati brigade was actually "under the command of -- and committed to -- the national authority, " the case appeared to be one of mistaken identity.
On May 4th, Pakistan said it had captured one of the organisation's most senior operatives, a Libyan called Abu Faraj Farj al-Libbi, often described as the group's third-in-command.
Sheikh Abdullah Bin Hussein al-Ahmar, who died in 2007, was one of the few Yemenis to command widespread respect -- a man often described as the father of modern Yemen.
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