this was pointed out to me in another (yahoo) forum. It is an index of translated Al-Q documents being studied at West Point, pertaining to the Org, goals, tactics, etc, most of which dovetail with the subj of your piece.
http://www.ctc.usma.edu/harmony_docs.asp
Thanks. I've reviewed many of those for a piece I have coming out soon.
I don't think Iraq was the only place that al Qaeda fled to after Afghanistan was liberated but it was one and it was the most dangerous (from our perspective) that al Qaeda terrorists could be.