US ambassador: Al-Qaida close to defeat in Iraq
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080524/capt.87bfb5277ef743b2ad9ccd62fba88de1.iraq_us_bag110.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=pYzZCYlkgElpiFdV8euzQg--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="US Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker speaks during a news conference in Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad south of Baghdad, on Saturday, May 24, 2008. Crocker visited the city of Karbala and Najaf Saturday, to meat local officials and open a new reconstruction center.(AP Photo/Ceerwan Aziz, Pool)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq)AP - The U.S. ambassador to Iraq said Saturday that al-Qaida's network in the country has never been closer to defeat, and he praised Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for his moves to rein in Shiite and Sunni militant groups.</p><br clear="all"/>
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