How's al-Qaeda doing? You decide
United States intelligence believes al-Qaeda has successfully regrouped and is capable of attacking inside the US. At the same time, al-Qaeda continues to suffer from manpower losses in Iraq. Other developments in the Muslim world and in the affairs of al-Qaeda and its allies suggest it has been a mixed year for the group, but it depends on how one looks at the data. - Michael Scheuer (Dec 20, '07)