After The Surge, Al Qaeda's Last Gasp?

Omar at "Iraq The Model" Blog does a great job of tracking the inside information on whats happening on the ground in Iraq.

With everyone except moveon.org and the Leftwing media "surge deniers" now fully aware that the surge has in fact worked, Patraeaus was right and Al Qaeda in Iraq is wounded, hurting, desperate and cornered. The locals, both Sunni and Shiites are working with US troops (hearts and minds) to expose and kill Al Qaeda making it nearly impossible for them to operate in big cities.
So, what is their next (and perhaps final) last gasp plan in Iraq?

Omar notes a sudden increase in what I will call the new Al Qaeda "scorched earth" policy. Driven from larger cities that only months ago Al Qaeda was claiming as part of the new Islamic State, these thugs and terrorists are now burning and destroying villages that they once had claimed as Capitols of that Islamic state but now forced to retreat within and are certain to lose.
Even they know it's only a matter of time now and they burn these Villages to drive out locals and create media stir.

Look for these Village burnings to provide leftwingers (and AQI sympathizers) with false tidbits of hope (media reports) that Al Qaeda can somehow hang on, burn enough Villages, kill enough innocent civilians and drive the Americans out in spite of the fact the Americans are winning.

When in fact all the scorched earth efforts will be is conformation of their desperation and impending total defeat along with the first signals of the inevitable peace and freedom soon to come for Iraqis.

If Omar is right, look for these burned out Villages to become Al Qaeda's last stand and easy pickin's for the US military without innocent civilians left behind to hide behind. Have you ever heard the expression "like shootin' fish in a barrel"?

Osama and his thugs in Iraq's "15 minutes" is winding down...
-red