Zarqawi's network falling apart

The AP reports that a senior associate of Zarqawi has been captured along with five others.

The U.S. military has arrested a "senior leader" in the network run by Jordanian terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (search), along with five others during overnight raids in the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah (search), officials said Saturday.

Operations in Fallujah seem to have fallen under the radar in the heat of the closing days of our election, so people may not realize what's going on in Iraq. The Zarqawi network is being slowly, methodically taken apart by the Americans and the Iraqi National Guard. I'm sure there's many stories that we won't hear about for some time.

There's an interesting data point in the latter part of the report that may escape attention.

Intelligence sources said the man captured was previously thought to be a relatively minor member of the terror network. But because so many of al-Zarqawi's associates have been captured or killed, he moved up to take a more important role.

I thought we were killing innocent women and children in Fallujah.

This closing note points out how well we've done there. Minor members are being promoted to higher responsibilities because senior members are dead. Yet you never hear this discussed on the US news channels, do you?