Wouldn't it be something after all the deaths of our soldiers, now numbered at 1,000 and growing, if we didn't even win the war in Iraq? The rebels are reportedly gaining strength .

Armed groups and foreign terrorists have established new camps in central Iraq as government forces attack rebels in the north and south, officials say. The reports follow an admission by U.S. central command chief Gen. John Abizaid that there are more areas in Iraq under rebel control today than there were last year.

....They are mostly Baathist groups, but there are some foreign terrorists as well," Ahmed Chalabi, leader of the Iraqi National Congress says, referring to the Baath Party that ruled Iraq under Saddam Hussein. "They have sophisticated military organisation, are well trained, well armed, and have lots of money."