Originally Posted by astralis

m21,



after operation enduring freedom, al-q was so smashed up that it's no longer working as a coherent group. instead, terrorists use al-q as a brand name to tag onto their group- easy advertising and free notoriety.

but prior to that period, al-q, back when bin ladin was in actual control of an organized group, looked at a strategy that went as thus:

1. chase the US out of the middle east
2. rally the primarily "sunni street" and take over the middle east governments, now denuded of US help.
3. topple israel
4. with that great victory, unify or eliminate the apostate shia
5. with the whole muslim world united, fight the apocalyptic war that would destroy the US
6. with the hyperpower destroyed, of course the whole world would turn muslim.

well now that al-q has gone to pot, everyone's doing their own thing; for example al-q in iraq wants to do number 4 prior to number 2 and 3; al-q in spain wants to skip 1,2,3,4,5 and get "al-andalus" back...etc etc.