The Magazine  Losing Strategy  Al Qaeda has cleverly united the
world against itself.  Jul 25, 2005, Vol. 10, No. 42 • By DANIEL
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Text Alerts  SINCE 2001, AL QAEDA HAS INSPIRED a hard core of
supporters within Muslim communities in the Middle East,
Southeast Asia, Europe, and North America. But this strategic
gain has been balanced by the loss of a national base for its
leaders, its training camps, and its cadres. Moreover, the
terrorist threat has focused the world's attention on the Middle
East's political renewal. Just as the Anglo-American response to
September 11 deprived al Qaeda of its base in Afghanistan, so
London should make it harder for terrorists and their public
advocates to operate with impunity within Europe.  As a result
of its own actions, al Qaeda lost Afghanistan as a base, the
Taliban as a sponsor, and the Afghan people as any sort of ally
--as demonstrated by the decisive result of the 2004 Afghan
elections in favor of a democ