Bill Roggio, Long War Journal, reports that the Iraqi and US kill of two major gangsters in Iraq erodes AQ severely and presses the case for an Iraq stabilized and prosperous. Al Masri was an Egyptian who was recruited by Zawahiri; Al Masri's death is a blow to the AQ high command. The gangster Al Baghdadi was a local thug and his death is regarded as a blow to the morale of the locals.  The Obama administration is correct to claim a success, and POTUS is to be congratulated and cheered for pressing the attack in Iraq.  The 2002 dumb war of State Senator Barack Obama just turned into the smart war of POTUS Obama in 2010.  Win is a win.