Al Qaeda widens its list of enemies
Walid Phares:
"...Instead of battles in New York and Washington, al-Qaida had to fight those infidels in Kandahar and Tora Bora. Instead of cells ravaging the Midwest, US forces are pursuing the Jihadists in the Middle East. Instead of boiling the world against “Washington’s Imperialism” as was the case in Durban in August of 2001, an international consensus against al-Qaida’s Terror groups stretches from Los Angeles to Vladivostok. On the issue of Terrorism, more countries then ever are cooperating against the Jihadist onslaught. Even as Iraq’s campaign is debated within the US and the West, when it comes to al-Qaida, one fact is secure. The group may well be fighting in Mesopotamia against the Anglo-American infidels, but it will be soon increasingly fighting other Arabs and Muslims. While Ben Ladin’s subversive tactics aim at widening as much as possible the battlefields of engagement with his enemies, the down side of this fantasy is to rally the civilized world against one single organization. It may not be intimidating to a highly ideological faction such as Bin Laden’s, but when dozens of Governments confederate against al-Qaida, the balance of power will slowly shift against its interests."
Walid Phares:
"...Instead of battles in New York and Washington, al-Qaida had to fight those infidels in Kandahar and Tora Bora. Instead of cells ravaging the Midwest, US forces are pursuing the Jihadists in the Middle East. Instead of boiling the world against “Washington’s Imperialism” as was the case in Durban in August of 2001, an international consensus against al-Qaida’s Terror groups stretches from Los Angeles to Vladivostok. On the issue of Terrorism, more countries then ever are cooperating against the Jihadist onslaught. Even as Iraq’s campaign is debated within the US and the West, when it comes to al-Qaida, one fact is secure. The group may well be fighting in Mesopotamia against the Anglo-American infidels, but it will be soon increasingly fighting other Arabs and Muslims. While Ben Ladin’s subversive tactics aim at widening as much as possible the battlefields of engagement with his enemies, the down side of this fantasy is to rally the civilized world against one single organization. It may not be intimidating to a highly ideological faction such as Bin Laden’s, but when dozens of Governments confederate against al-Qaida, the balance of power will slowly shift against its interests."
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