Germany was on edge yesterday after a fourth consecutive al-Qaeda video warned of an imminent bomb attack in Germany unless the Government withdrew its troops from Afghanistan.
Spain received a similar threat last month but no attack has materialised as yet, Al Quaeda are rapidly becoming a spent force, all they appear to do is threaten but are not actually backing up any of their threats, yes they are capable of a few suicide bombers in and around the Middle East, and even able to grab a few headlines in Somalia, but they really have become toothless where Europe and America are concerned.
Al Quaeda have suffered crippling losses to their command structure since the Americans started to make use of their Drones. these are pilotless aircraft armed with rockets that are controlled from a base in Utah, they are able to stay in the air for periods of up to 24 hours and have been responsible for more than 500 terrorist deaths from the sky so far this year.
Osama Bin laden has been marginalised to such an extent that he is reduced to living in caves and producing audio tapes only, spouting the same old rhetoric, destroying the West, wiping out Israel, freeing Palestine blah blah blah, the latest two goals Israel and Palestine are fairly new ambitions for the terrorist group, seeing their campaign take a battering they have jumped onto other causes trying to get new recruits.
Once again with perseverance the Americans are seeing gains, the doom mongers criticise anything the West does, and are obsessed with the rights of terrorists claiming drone attacks are not selective enough in their targeting, when the suicide bombs and roadside bombs become selective then they can have right to complain.
So after a long campaign and thousands of deaths the corner seems to have been turned in the battle with Al Quaeda, though it is far from over it is more a of a skirmish now than a war.
Just a word of warning - don't be complacent. These people recruit new blood all the time unfortunately, so letting our guard down is most dangerous.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what the ratio is between fighters for money and fighters for ideology,I would wager the odds are in favour of Mercenaries, so perhaps it will be won easier than we thought.
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