Elections Prompt Iraq Insurgents To Question Fight

In this 16 month long game of chicken in Iraq between the terrorists and the US military, the terrorists just blinked.

Some insurents are contacting the US military and the Iraqi transition govt.
about giving up the fight in light of the January 30th elections, the Pentagon
said yesterday.

The combination of adverse popular sentiment, relentless pressure from the US forces and a ever tightening supply of arms and ammunition is seriously damaging their will to fight .

In a positive development he said (Gen Richard Myers), the price of ammunition
is going up on the black market. "Supply is getting tighter", he said.

It's a war of attrition, and we are winning.