As US Withdraws, Will Al Qaeda In Iraq Find New Openings?

An F-16C Fighting Falcon sits tethered to the hot cargo pad at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, on the morning of Dec. 31, 2008. The aircraft is tethered to secure it in place before a full afterburner engine run-up. DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundson, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

From The Christian Science Monitor:

The Sunni insurgent group may strike back, but Iraq experts say it's unlikely they will ever achieve the level of power they once wielded.

YusufiyaH, Iraq - Three months before Amin al-Qaraghouli walked into a meeting of tribal sheikhs here and blew himself up, killing 23 people, he was in jail for planting roadside bombs. He was freed after local elders backed his claim that he had abandoned his violent past.

The Jan. 3 attack in this town of dirt roads and mud-brick buildings 25 miles southwest of Baghdad was the worst suicide bombing in months and a deadly reminder that Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) remains within striking distance.

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My Comment: The only way that Al Qaeda can resurrect itself in Iraq is if the leadership and government in Iraq starts to fracture along sectarian lines. That is something that is not going to happen.