Meanwhile in Anbar

You remember Anbar - where everything is going so well, it's the model for all of Iraq; the most recent place in Iraq to which Bush paid a surprise visit - where he said he could see such great progress, even though he never left the US base; the place that inspired him to tell the Australians that we're "kickin' ass"?

The most prominent figure in a U.S.-backed revolt of Sunni sheiks against al-Qaida in Iraq was killed Thursday by a bomb planted near his home in Anbar province, 10 days after he met with President Bush, police and tribal leaders said.

  TPM

At least we know Bush's kiss of death mojo is still working.