What the media our government refuses to understand is that the Jihad requires/inspires individuals to participate...he doesn't have to be a member of a group to be a terrorist.
Simply being a member of the cult is enough inspiration for terrorism - the individual Muslim terrorist doesn't have to be a member of AQ. If he said it was terrorism, then in his mind it was and he was doing it for that reason. Regardless of what the press and the authorities say.