Hat tip to Andy McCarthy for this in the New York Times.

American forces have routed Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, the Iraqi militant network, from every neighborhood of Baghdad, a top American general said today, allowing American troops involved in the “surge” to depart as planned.

You'd think this would be front page news, but it's not. It's on page A19 of today's paper. The front page was spent bashing the economy and Rudy for Robertson's endorsement.

Don't worry though. Iraq will be on the front page again, just as soon as something bad happens.