U.S. Leaves Small But Resilient AQI

BAGHDAD [MENL] -- The U.S. military has assessed that it was leaving a small
but resilient Al Qaida presence in Iraq.
Officials said the U.S. military has assessed that the Al Qaida network
in Iraq has shrunk significantly since 2009. They said the Islamic
insurgency network does not contain more than 1,000 operatives, most of them
located in northern and western Iraq.