Al Qaida Treasure Found!

(AP Photo) that piece of paper is al qaida's treasure?

It was annouced today that after a raid of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's hideout that Iraqi intelligence has found a "huge treasure."

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's national security adviser said Thursday a "huge treasure" of documents and computer records was seized after the raid on terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's hideout, giving the Iraqi government the upper hand in its fight against al-Qaida in Iraq.

National Security Adviser Mouwafak al-Rubaie also said he believed the security situation in the country would improve enough to allow a large number of U.S.-led forces to leave Iraq by the end of this year, and a majority to depart by the end of next year. "And maybe the last soldier will leave Iraq by mid-2008," he said.

Al-Rubaie said a laptop, flashdrive and other documents were found in the debris after the airstrike that killed the al-Qaida in Iraq leader last week outside Baqouba, and more information has been uncovered in raids of other insurgent hideouts since then.

He called it a "huge treasure ... a huge amount of information."

My favorite line of this article was when the reporter asked how he knew the information was authentic...the response "there is nothing more authentic then finding a thumb drive in his pocket."

Priceless.

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