Al Qaeda's second front: Europe
Robert S. Leiken & Steven Brooke, International Herald Tribune, July 15, 2005
WASHINGTON The London bombings captured with photographic precision exactly where we are in the so-called war on terrorism. It is not more 9/11s we must worry about, but more Madrids and Londons. Harassed as it is, Al Qaeda has opened up a second front in Europe that will keep Europeans pinned down while the big war grinds on in Iraq.
The London attacks showed that local European jihadist groups are coalescing into a united front prepared to follow Osama bin Laden's global strategy, aiming selective and ever more carefully planned attacks on America's European allies in Iraq.
WASHINGTON The London bombings captured with photographic precision exactly where we are in the so-called war on terrorism. It is not more 9/11s we must worry about, but more Madrids and Londons. Harassed as it is, Al Qaeda has opened up a second front in Europe that will keep Europeans pinned down while the big war grinds on in Iraq.
The London attacks showed that local European jihadist groups are coalescing into a united front prepared to follow Osama bin Laden's global strategy, aiming selective and ever more carefully planned attacks on America's European allies in Iraq.
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