US officials: Al-Qaida ‘imploding’

[unhappycamper]

US officials: Al-Qaida ‘imploding’
By Pamela Hess - The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Sep 16, 2008 5:44:02 EDT

WASHINGTON — Top U.S. counterterrorism officials Monday said al-Qaida is “imploding” and that its violent tactics have turned Muslims worldwide against the organization.

“Absolutely it’s imploding. It’s imploding because it’s not a message that resonates with a lot of Muslims,” said Dell Dailey, the State Department’s coordinator for counterterrorism.

Al-Qaida still remains the most dangerous threat to the United States. But of growing concern are organizations like Lebanese Hezbollah and Hamas, which combine social services, local governance, national politics with extremist attacks, said Undersecretary of State James Glassman.

“These are models that have a lot more popular appeal than al-Qaida, that has almost no popular appeal,” he said.

Vastly more Muslims than Westerners are killed by al-Qaida car and suicide bombs, particularly in Iraq, where local tribes have largely turned against al-Qaida in Iraq in the last two years. Extremist violence claimed more than 9,500 civilian victims in Muslim countries in 2007.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/ap_alqaida_imploding_091508/%2e



uhc comment: Gee whiz Dell, the American economy and al-Qaida are dead even in a race to the bottom.

[volatileblob]

1. Hate to say it, but it probably never was very popular. n/t

[blue sky at night]

2. Hate to say it but......

everything that "US Officials" say about ANYONE Else is always true about them. They are the ones that are imploding. Besides why should we believe anything those bastards say.........

[screembloodymurder]

3. It's the US that's imploding!

Thanks guys, makes me feel so much better as I sit here with a gun to my temple (sarcasm) watching my portfolio crumble.