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Friday, September 8, 2006 Al Qaida has failed to become a mainstream movement because most Muslims believe terrorism is "un-Islamic", according to a report published five years after the attacks on the World Trade Centre. US-led security measures have "helped undermine" the terrorist organisation, but its image as a global player has been "unintentionally enhanced" by the US and its allies, the report published today by Chatham House has said. The challenge now facing Western governments is "homegrown" terror, the report, entitled Al-Qaeda Five Years On: The Threat And The Challenges, argues. Dr Maha Azzam, the author of the report,...