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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (44558)	9/9/2003 3:37:15 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Al-Qaeda stronger since 9/11, says British academic LONDON: The al-Qaeda terrorist network is stronger than before the Sept 11, 2001 attacks and the US-led ‘war on terror’ has so far been a failure, a British academic concluded in a study published on Tuesday. Paul Rogers, a professor of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford in England, said the US campaign’s military successes in Afghanistan and Iraq had failed to crush al-Qaeda’s structure or stem its recruitment. "Al-Qaeda and its associates have managed to plan and often undertake a remarkable range of activities, with these collectively showing a capability that exceeds that existed before the Sept 11 attacks," Rogers wrote. "On this basis alone, it is difficult to accept any claim that the ‘war on terror’ is being won." Rogers’ report was compiled for the Oxford Research Group, a think-tank specialising in arms control and non-proliferation issues. Other terrorism experts said the United States and its allies had scored significant victories against al-Qaeda, but cautioned that the chaos of post-war Iraq represented a setback. In his report, Rogers said that while the US-led anti-terrorism efforts had succeeded in preventing some terrorist plots, al-Qaeda-linked attacks have killed more than 350 people and injured almost 1,000 in the two years since Sept 11. <if that is so what would have been the case if nothing was done and they would be allowed to remain in the natural sanctuaries, an Al Qaeda with its top leadership under arrest is still considered a significant threat, it just prove the point that war on terror should continue, no one should assume that if a weaker action would have been taken Al Qaeda would be more accommodative and a lesser threat today, those asking for appeasement should understand one thing that this hydra headed monster understands no language other than language of continuous vigilance and hard trail-Ike >