http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1514&e=45&u=/afp/20040408/wl_mideast_afp/attacks_iraq_alqaeda_040408073218more...
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"Iraq is the new land of jihad and the events there are having a profound impact on the Islamic movements and Muslim societies worldwide," said Rohan Gunaratna, associate professor at the Singapore-based Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies.
"Al-Qaeda is the main source of inspiration but the bigger threat today is from its associate organisations in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the Caucuses," Gunaratna, a top international terrorism specialist, told AFP.
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That is a good way of putting it. Backs up the guy from the 9/11 commission when he told Condlieza GWB made us less safe!