Explain to me how Iraq becomes the global center for Al Qaeda by 2006. They've got 4 months left to go and they can't even keep a field commander in the field without him getting blown up.
You make a good point- I do not know the
extent to which terrorists are using Iraq as a
base for operations.
But I was looking at Step 3, where Syria and Israel
become the focus. So I can only infer that they believe
they are done with Step 2.