CIA missile strike kills al-Qaida No. 3. Yes! The operational commander of al-Qaida and possibly the No. 3 official in the terrorist organization, Hamza Rabia, was killed early Thursday morning by a CIA missile attack on a safehouse in Pakistan. Here is the MSN News story:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10303175/

We are winning! It's nice to hear positive news being reported about the war on terror for a change. It's actually rare that we hear news reports about U.S. operations in Afghanistan, because they have been successful! One story you may have missed, concerning U.S. military battles with the Taliban this past year, is here:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1031/p01s04-wosc.html

Here's a key part:

This has been the most violent year here since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. The US Army is moving in smaller numbers to lure the Taliban out of hiding for fights they cannot win. The result: More than 1,200 enemy deaths this year, including high-level commanders.

Way to go!