Did the al Qaeda-linked plot to blow up planes between England and the U.S. fail because it was being handled by the junior varsity, while the varsity remains pinned down in Iraq?

Coalition troops are killing and capturing an awful lot of terrorists in Iraq:

COALITION FORCES CAPTURE WANTED TERRORIST IN BAYJI

IRAQI NATIONAL POLICE, MND-B SOLDIERS RAID DOURA MARKET, SEIZE WEAPONS, DETAIN 3 TERRORISTS

COALITION FORCES DETAIN WANTED TERRORIST

IA SOLDIERS DETAIN 6 SUSPECTED TERRORISTS, SEIZE LARGE WEAPONS CACHE

COMBINED MISSION NETS 13 SUSPECTED TERRORISTS

FOUR TERRORISTS KILLED WHILE PLANTING ROADSIDE BOMBS

CAB APACHES, MEDEVAC COMPLETE MISSION UNDER ENEMY FIRE; GUN CREWS KILL 6 TERRORISTS ATTACKING MND-B FORCES

IA SOLDIERS FOIL KIDNAPPING, DETAIN TERRORISTS

And that's just the last few days in Iraq...