Thursday, July 05, 2007

Al Qaeda Wrapped In A Terror Mystery

Editorial By Gulf News
7/5/2007
Courtesy Of:
iViews

Within ten days, terrorists struck in South Lebanon where six members of the Spanish peacekeeping force were killed, in Glasgow where an attempt was made to car bomb the city's airport, and on Monday in Yemen where seven Spanish tourists were killed by a suicide bomber.

We are being told that all these incidents "carry the fingerprints" of Al Qaida.

This is of course in addition to the ongoing carnage attributed to Al Qaida in Iraq.

There's no doubt that Al Qaida is a vicious terrorist group that doesn't value human life. It is also true that its doctrine is based on destabilizing political and social regimes in various countries around the world.

However, there are questions that really bother analysts and which must be answered by security organizations:

Is Al Qaida really that huge network which is able to carry out simultaneous operations in different parts of the world?

Is Al Qaida getting bigger and stronger, despite the fierce five-year-old war on terror?

How could Al Qaida penetrate layer after layer of security checks to carry out such atrocious attacks?

How can its alleged members travel so easily and get help - sometimes from official bodies - despite the repeated warning of imminent attacks in many countries?

And finally, what happened to the international campaign to hunt its masterminds?

Can anybody please answer these questions?

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