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To: Cogito who wrote (70816)	6/5/2008 5:14:59 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 542149

Al Qaeda has been weakened greatly in Iraq. Its strongest in Pakistan, particularly the tribal/border areas. It is apparently getting stronger there, but that doesn't amount to "its stature has never been greater".

To: Cogito who wrote (70816)	6/5/2008 7:09:21 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 542149

"Al Qaeda has been regenerating... Regenerating maybe but I would say 'evolving' is a better descriptor. It has always been a movement to overthrow existing governments that are 'cooperative with west', which could also be seen as 'cooperative with the global economic system' these days. The model of quietly creating a shadow government that will eventually swarm the formal power structure is being demonstrated by Al-Sadr in Southern Iraq and has been more successful than just trying to assassinate politicians and blow up their supporters ... which is what Al-Qaeda had some initial success with. They are distancing them selves from the Al-Qaeda label in Pakistan/Afghanistan, so it could be said that Al-Qaeda is going down, but the same extremists are networked, expanding, recruiting, and are infiltrating the government and private sectors very successfully and in large numbers. If they ever abandon terrorism as a tool, they will probably have the revolution they originally sought, although not in such a drammatic fashion.