I think that Al Qaeda in Iraq’s message is tailored more toward the western media than really aimed at the Iraqi population. They won’t make any real headway against the Awakening groups, but if they get their message out and can back it up with a few mass casualty attacks than their cause lives on in the Western Press.
Al Qaeda is biding it’s time and waiting for a political opening to get back into the real game. A premature US withdrawal from Iraq leaving the country vulnerable to infiltration from hostile neighboring countries would provide the needed opening for Al Qaeda in Iraq deal itself back into the game.





