Secret Iraq operations

As an aside to the new Woodward book about Iraq is the revelation that SAS/Delta Force operations in Iraq that have “taken out” up to 3500 supposed al-Qaeda operatives in Iraq in the past 18 months.  A comment from a senior British official:

“You could say it was a very successful period. But the butcher’s bill was high.”

Rather tough talk.  I hope that these special forces are more judicious in the use of force than those trigger-happy Blackwater guys that opened fire on the local populace.