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...most sympathetic to Bin Laden's ideas. But these attacks may mark a new phase of their campaign, one that directly confronts the American presence in the region. With the U.S. now embroiled in Iraq, al-Qaeda may feel it has an opportunity to call the attention of the Arab world more successfully to its claim that America itself is occupying the region - before, that was more rhetorical than factual. The number of U.S. troops in the Arab world was small. But now the U.S. is engaged in a full-blown military occupation of an Arab country, and al-Qaeda...
...TIME.com: Could al-Qaeda's new strategy be to confront not only the U.S. presence in the region, but also more directly target Washington's Arab allies...
...than American targets in the kingdom. But by attacking so boldly in the center of Riyadh, in compounds in the center of the city guarded by the government, the attackers are certainly issuing a direct challenge to the government. It's a way of attacking the regime without spilling Arab or Muslim blood. Bin Laden will get into trouble in the Arab world once he starts wars among the Muslims themselves. Even many of those who applauded 9/11 may turn on Bin Laden if their country descends into chaos and fratricidal war among Muslims...
...flocked from all over the world. But the U.S.-led ouster of the Taliban regime put Bin Laden's men to flight, forcing them to scatter and decentralize their operations across Pakistan's cities and tribal areas, in remote parts of Chechnya and Georgia, in Morocco, Yemen and other Arab countries, possibly even in Iran according to some intelligence estimates, and, more recently, once again inside Afghanistan's increasingly anarchic countryside. Far greater emphasis was placed on these scattered cells taking local initiatives and striking at targets of opportunity...
...before Tuesday's attack) had been directed at tourists and foreign workers in Bali, Tunisia, Kenya and Pakistan suggest the going has been tough for al-Qaeda and its sympathizers. Hundreds of operatives have been arrested in 98 countries through intensified intelligence cooperation between the U.S. and its European, Arab and Asian allies. Sources of funding have been squeezed, and enhanced security in Western countries has foiled a number of attacks in Europe and rendered the operational environment in the industrialized world considerably more perilous...