Tall Tale at Tall Afar

The Iraqi PM Ibrahim Jafari toured Tall Afar to " to congratulate Iraqi forces for ousting militants from their stronghold." Two problems with this - first of all Iraqi TV which reported the story had no footage of the tour. When was the last time a pol toured anything without a camera? Ivan Eland also doubts that the insurgents were ousted it is more likely that they fled elsewhere. He's probably right but don't look at Eland for balance.