Al-Qa'eda Defeat In Sight, Says US Anti-Terrorism Official

From The Telegraph:

A senior American counter-terrorism official has declared that the demise of al-Qa'eda is in sight because its failure to adapt its violent ideology and tactics has provoked growing dissent across the Islamic world.

The uprising by Sunni tribes against al-Qa'eda in Iraq, protests in northern Africa against suicide bombings and dissent from clerics and former terrorists have put the group's leadership on the defensive as never before, said the official.

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My Comment: The organization may not be what it once was, but the ideology and goals of Al Qaeda are still held by a significant percentage of the Muslim world. It is only when the culture changes (preferably to a western concept) that when one can then feel comfortable that Al Qaeda is on the path to extinction.