Save some terrorists for the CIA guys

This is the kind of headline I've been waiting for. BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- After a two-hour firefight, Iraqi forces and U.S. helicopters captured an insurgent base north of Baghdad, killing 85 rebels, U.S. and Iraqi military officials said Wednesday. "A previous safe haven for planning attacks has been removed," a U.S. military official said of Tuesday's battle. But marines, come on now. Leave some terrorists to be interrogated by those magic hat CIA guys. I had always thought that as this GWOT went on we'd end up getting the terrorists in bunches like this. It takes time to set up the intelligence, find informants, interrogate prisoners and witnesses, and get our people properly dispersed on the ground in the thick of the insurgents. So I hope they really were able to capture some of those guys because we're not going to win this war due to strength of arms; that will just give us the staying power to withstand their random attacks. It's the information we get that helps us prevent bombings or other attacks and that leads us to other terrorist camps that will be essential. And due to the poor state of affairs in the CIA and the complete lack of intelligence agents in the Middle East, you had to know that that was going to take time. Maybe our intelligence community is starting to turn the tide. UPDATE: More from the intelligence front from TigerHawk (via Roger Simon): In Pakistan, more than 13,000 schools suspected of propagating extremist ideas have been shut in the past two years. In Yemen, the number of such schools to be shut is around 24,000. There are also signs that Afghan, Pakistani, Saudi and Iraqi authorities have managed to infiltrate at least some terror groups. Since 2003, hundreds of terrorists have been picked up in the countries concerned, in most cases thanks to tip-offs from repenting militants. Aaaah, "repenting" militants. I wonder what made them repent?