What do Umar Baziyani and Abu Talha have in common?

Abu Farouq is the 36th "top aide" of Zarqawi's that the U.S. has caught since '03. What a joke.

Kudos to blogenlust for assembling the list. If you haven't read a piece explaining why there's no way a guy like Zarqawi could be running anything bigger than a domestic household, read this essay.

Also note The Nation's Jon Wiener attended a fundraiser at Arianna's and noted that Howard Dean didn't mention Iraq in his 2006 plan for Democrats to sweep Congress:

"Here's our strategy for 2006," he said. "We need to argue that Bush has failed to get bin Laden; after five years in power, he's failed to stop North Korea's nuclear weapons program; he's failed to stop Iran's nuclear weapons program; and he's failed to provide adequate security for our ports. We need to argue that the Democrats will do a better job protecting the nation than Bush has. We promise that we will kill or capture bin Laden; with the help of China and Russia, we will shut down the North Korean nuclear program; we will prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power; and we will protect our ports."