Is Al Qaeda Under Pressure?

Under Pressure, Al‑Qaida Reaches Out To Affiliates -- NPR

Last year was a busy one for terrorism. Law enforcement officials battled an unprecedented number of cases — from dozens of young men decamping from the U.S. to train for jihad to the case of a Denver shuttle bus driver and at least two of his friends who are charged with training with al-Qaida in a plot to blow up transportation targets in New York.

The question experts have been asking is why so much activity now? It seems counterintuitive, given what intelligence officials say has been happening to al-Qaida in the past year.

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My Comment: Is Al Qaeda under pressure? Hmmmm .... they have been wiped out in Iraq, under pressure in the frontier regions of Pakistan, and are now being hunted down in Yemen.

I guess the answer is yes. As for their affiliates .... an affiliation with Al Qaeda usually means imprisonment or death .... this is not what I call a healthy affiliation.