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Originally Posted by stevo
My interperatation of this is that our strategy against al-qaeda is working to a degree. Their leadership is fractured and communication and "supply" lines have been cut off. ...
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These were rival groups before the U.S. invasion of Iraq so in at least that respect the invasion has brought more potential recruits under the al-qaeda umbrella. There was that line in the letter though, probably its main purpose, about "BTW could you send us $100,000 if you get a chance?" But we don't know Zarqawi's response or if he actually got this before it was intercepted. Since attacks against Iraqi Shia have continued we can assume his response was for Zawahiri to go stuff it. It remains to be seen if there are any actual organizational links between Iraqi insurgents and al-qaeda. But that's just quibbling, al-qaeda as it's commonly understood is largely an invention of the U.S. media. It's probably more constructive to just lump these groups together as "terrorists."