By Pam Benson, CNN
No one is writing al Qaeda's obituary yet. But one year after its leader Osama bin Laden was shot dead by U.S. commandos, U.S. officials and experts say the terror network's core group holed up in Pakistan is hemorrhaging and could be in its final days.
CNN National Security Analyst Peter Bergen, for one, maintains that al Qaeda – at least its components based in south central Asia – is in terrible shape.
"Their record of failure speaks for itself: No success in the west since the London attacks of 2005, no attacks in the United States since 9/11 (2001), almost the entire top leadership dead or captured," said Bergen.
Adds Robert Grenier, the former head of the CIA's Counterterrorism Center, "The movement has essentially been marginalized."
This is not a scientific poll.
Check out the full post here at CNN's Security Clearance blog.
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I think it's necessary to consider their activity in the Syrian uprising when making this judgment.
What activity? Do you have evidence, or are you taking bashar for his word?
Now I suppose that the politicians in Washington are going to brag themseves hoare over "bringing Al Qaeda to it's very knees"!!!
The truth of the matter is that Al Qaeda has never been a very strong organization to begin with and it's quite dubious that it ever had the strength to pull off 9/11 on it's own. However, it was quite effectively use by the politicians in Washington as a tool to scare the American public!
Thank you J. Foster, how true that is!
I'll take Retarded Towel Heads for $1000 Alex. Hahahahahahaha
The core of Al Qaeda might be crumpling, but its affiliates in the Sahel, Yemen and the Horn of Africa are still going strong. There are some who would like to rise to fame and outdo each other.
The core of Al Qaeda has been "crumbling" since it's foundation. Now the right-wing politicians in Washington are going to grab credit for it's "demise". Most Muslims, however, will going on resenting us deeply for occupying their countries!
THE NUMER ONE THREAT TO THE WORLD AND PEACE IS
1- IRAN
2- SYRIA BASHAR AL ASAD BAATH PARTY AND ALWAYAT SHIIA KILLER
3- HIZBOALLAH IN LEBANON
4- THE SHIIA IN IRAQ LIKE MOQTADA AL QATHER, NORI AL HALEKI, ALQODOS MILITIA AND MAHDI MILITIA
5-PAKISTANI SHIIA
6- THE SHIIA WHO LIVE IN USA AND CANADA AS THEY HAVE SAFE HOUSES CALLED HUSSAYNIAT IT CONTAIN CASH, WEAPONS AND PROPOGANADA MATERIALS IF USA ATTACK IRAN , those so called shiia emams will use the cash to do harm.
7-KKK
8-M NEW NAZIES AND SKIN HEADFS IN RUSSIA , GERMANY AND UK ALSO SOME IN CANADA AND USA THE MOST DANGEROUS RED NECK THUGS
9- THE DRYG MAPHIA IN USA , CANADA, MEXICO , COLOMBIA AND ITALY
10-THE BIKER CLUPS
Caps lock: cruise control for cool.
@NO, IRAN IS. It seems like you left out the biggest threat of all to world peace and that is, the right-wing thugs in Washington!!!
Yes . But if CIA stops funding , providing weapon to terrorist Al Qaida who are protecting US interest . To create Islamophobia , US government is planning another terrorist attack .
Quite true Anti terrorist, quite true indeed!
very true... Islamophobia is being created purposly, just to get desired results.
the biggest Satan is still one lobby creating havoc in the world... need not to take the name as every investigative mind knows from where these dirty ideas generate.
Silly girl, having a snitfit lie does not make it true.
I'm assuming their are terrorist sleeper cells in the U.S. that don't answer to any leader like al-Zawahiri.