The arrest of these so-called 'terrorists' is obviously a way to divert our attention away from the fact that the 'surge' is failing. Bush is just trying to justify his war on terrorism and re-claim any credibility he may have had.

"Military officials also acknowledged Monday that U.S.-led forces have control of fewer than one-third of Baghdad's neighbourhoods despite thousands of extra troops nearly four months into a security crackdown. That assessment came as the U.S. death toll approached 3,500, with at least 15 American troops reported killed in the first three days of June.

Lt.-Col. Scott Bleichwehl, a military spokesman for Baghdad operations, confirmed that a status report completed in May found that American and Iraqi forces were able to "protect the population" and "maintain physical influence over" only 146 of the 457 Baghdad neighbourhoods, while troops have either not begun operations aimed at rooting out insurgents or still face "resistance" in the others."

http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=c823335b-d4fe-4943-b324-f954ebf1ec0f&k=44986

I agree with many others on this thread - its a way of saying, "If we weren't on the ball, you would all be blown away. You need us to protect you. We may have missed the mark on 9-11 but we're really up to speed these days."

Yeah, right. We need your war mongering like a hole in the head.