odd story on al-Qaida

US intel: al-Qaida may move outside Iraq

WASHINGTON - Al-Qaida, increasingly shut down in Iraq, is establishing cells in other countries as Osama bin Laden's organization uses a "safe haven" in Pakistan's tribal region to train for attacks in Afghanistan, the Middle East, Africa and the United States, the U.S. intelligence chief said Tuesday.

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We know that al-Qaida is only in Iraq because the US is in Iraq and we know that their main operations are based elsewhere - i'm not sure why this is considered news...