On the war and terrorism front...

JunkYard Blog has a couple of must-read posts:

• LETTERS FROM BAGHDAD HAVE FASCINATING DATES - Chris Regan examines links between Saddam and Al Qaeda, and how the Clinton administration dropped the ball.
• A CLEAN-UP JOB - Bryan Preston looks at how cleaning up the Islamic world is going very difficult, especially if moderate Muslims are reluctant to distance themselves from the radicals. (I've been thinking along similar lines lately. Since Saddam's regime is gone, the mullahs in Iraq see their chance to grab power. And they seem to hold much sway over a sizeable portion the Iraqi people. Talk about out of a frying pan and into another frying pan...)