Thursday, July 27, 2006

Middle East: Al Qaeda takes a back seat

Al Qaeda's Sunni ideology regards Shiites as heretics, and it profoundly distrusts Shiite groups like Hezbollah. But now Hezbollah has taken the lead on the most incendiary issue for jihadis of all stripes: the fight against Israel. The rise of Hezbollah makes it all more likely that Al Qaeda will soon seek to reassert itself.

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