[Sender]

I completely agree, militant Islam is the force behind all this and al Qaeda is just one major 'militia' in the war.

Whenever an attack occurs, people start talking about al Qaeda. There are many more dangerous groups as Israelis well know. Most of them hate the US.

Beyond that even, one does not have to be a member of any group to be a terrorist operative. There are literally millions of Muslims who have been brainwashed to hate the West. When Osama or Zawahiri put their tapes out to the world, all Muslims hear them, and many long to join the jihad. Spontaneous attacks by small unknown groups or even lone individuals would be seen as part of the overall jihad and welcomed by al Qaeda. As far as I know, there is no license or membership card required to blow up innocent people...one merely needs the martyr mindset and the hate.

[Dog]

There were 15 bombs.....13 went off ....2 were found.

That is a massive attack.

[yonif]

Exactly. But the world makes it look like Al Queda is the target, and once we get Osama, etc. the war on terrorism will end. They are mistaken. The ideology must be destroyed, or it defeats the whole purpose of going after these groups.