Hopeful Signs in Iraq

The English translation of an Iraqi document found in Al-Zarqawi's "safe" house points out the problems that the insurgency is facing in the new Iraqi police and National Guard. The London Times has some corroborating info.
Here is another article on the info found in the rubble.

Taken together, the overall situation has to be regarded in a new light.

First, with Zarqawi gone, the threat against wavering Sunni insurgents who are thinking to negotiate has gravely diminished.

Second, the Iraqi police and National Guard are now providing ears and eyes to scan the landscape for suspicious activities.

Third, provocative acts by Sunnis versus Shias are bound to diminish.

Fourth, the address book and other info garnered will cause the remaining Al Qaeda networks to cover their tracks and be in hiding or even moribund as fence-sitters bail and perhaps rat out their Qaeda contacts.

This time the light at the end of the tunnel might not be a locomotive heading this way.