The Montifiore Manse

Well, well, about time I got on the blog! I've had several blog posts in my head that never got published due to the odds and ends that take up the time you thought you had. In the realm of exciting news, though, I must mention that I heard baby's heartbeat for the first time on Monday!! It was absolutely amazing and I couldn't stop grinning afterward.

In other good news, you may be interested in this tidbit coming from Iraq. It's something you most likely didn't read about in your local newspaper. The credits for this article go to Gary Bauer, an excellent and godly man who reports American news via email, focusing on items that would interest American citizens with traditional values. Enjoy!

Good News

There is good news coming out of Iraq that you may not have heard about.
Here is the opening line from a New York Times report last week: “American
forces have routed Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, the Iraqi militant network,
from every neighborhood in Baghdad, a top American general said today,
allowing American troops involved in the ‘surge’ to depart as planned.”

One would think such success stories would be front page news.
Unbelievably, the Times buried this report on page A19. What else was in
the story? Murders are down 80%, attacks from improvised devices are down
70% and 67,000 Iraqi citizens have volunteered to join the security forces.
According to Major General Joseph F. Fil, Jr., “The Iraqi people have just
decided that they’ve had it up to here with violence.”

As a result of this success, U.S. troops are coming home. Saturday,
American commanders announced that the Third Brigade is leaving Diyala
province, reducing the number of U.S. brigades in Iraq to 19. Four more
brigades are expected to leave Iraq by the summer. According to the
Associated Press, “The total number of U.S. troops will likely go from 167,
000 now to 140,000-145,000 by July…”