Experts Fear New Front With Al-Qaida As Terror Group Switches Focus From Iraq

From The Guardian:

Last month an Arabic satellite TV channel broadcast a chilling video of a group of Iraqi teenagers called the "Youths of Heaven" - their faces masked and brandishing Kalashnikov rifles, chanting "Allahu Akbar" and vowing to blow themselves up with "crusaders and apostates." The film of these aspiring suicide bombers, all said to be under 16, was produced by al-Furqan, the media arm of the Islamic State of Iraq, aka al-Qaida. But such material is rare these days, with film coming out of Iraq looking suspiciously like posed training sessions with little of the live action of ambushes that has been the staple fare of jihadi websites.

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My Comment: The ideals and philosophy that gave birth to Al Qaeda are still there, and they are not being disputed or renounced in the Muslim World. In addition, while Al Qaeda has lost a considerable amount of support on the street, a considerable amount of support still exists in the Muslim world. Until the philosophy of Al Qaeda and the philosophy of violent jihad are discredited, we in the West and in the moderate communities of the Middle East must always be on our toes.