One of the many benefits of the success of the Surge in Iraq is that the lack of violence has given MSM propagandists an opportunity to polish their fiction-writing skills. Bogus atrocity reports have been coming out one after another. Via NewsBusters:

• The media's bogus report on 20 headless bodies in Diyala Province Nov. 1, 2007
• The media's bogus report on journalist Dia al-Kawwaz slaughtered family members (with photo!) Nov. 29, 2007
• The media's bogus Afghanistan "construction worker" bombing Dec. 2, 2007
• The bogus Dwelah Massacre Dec. 2, 2007
• The bogus refinery rocket attack Dec. 10, 2007
• The bogus 12 mutilated bodies in Muqdadiya story Dec. 13, 2007
• The bogus Diyala village reports Dec. 16, 2007

If Dems aren't able to force a surrender to al-Qaeda soon, who knows what stories the media will resort to inventing?