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Mission Accomplished

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Al-Qaeda [is] now an “integral part of the social fabric of western Iraq,” [and] has become so entrenched, autonomous and financially independent that U.S. forces no longer have the option “for a decapitating strike that would cripple the organization,” the [US Marine Corps intelligence] report says. That is why, it says, the death of al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in June “had so little impact on the structure and capabilities of al-Qaeda,” especially in Anbar province.

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