Via Mudville Gazette, Iraqi police continue the dragnet. The substance of their latest catch isn't surprising, but its effect on terrorist operations can't be underestimated:

A sweep of terrorists in Iraq has netted 270 suspects — most of them from neighboring Arab countries. Iraq's interim interior minister tells a London-based daily that among those arrested were militants from Syria and Iran. He adds that 90 percent of those carrying out suicide attacks are from outside Iraq.

Minus two hundred seventy.