al Qaeda surges in Afghanistan

I remember that during the election year, we told that al Qaeda had been “decimated”, that they were in their “death throes” according to the incumbents. But, now it seems that al Qaeda has improved that condition in a few short years. According to the Associated Press;

[T]he State Department said Wednesday…reporting a more than 40 percent increase in terrorist attacks worldwide between 2012 and 2013.

The department also singled out Iran as a major state sponsor of terrorism that continues to defy demands it prove its atomic ambitions are peaceful even as Washington pursues negotiations with Tehran over its nuclear program.

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“The terrorist threat continued to evolve rapidly in 2013, with an increasing number of groups around the world – including both AQ affiliates and other terrorist organizations – posing a threat to the United States, our allies, and our interests,” according to the strategic assessment of the “Country Reports on Terrorism.”

The report identified a 43 percent increase in the number of terrorist attacks in 2013 from 2012, according to statistics provided by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism.

Gee, other than the fact that this is not a Presidential election year, so we get more accurate reports that might affect the perception of this administration, what else could be impacting the increased expansion of al Qaeda operations? Oh, yeah, the timeline withdrawal schedule.

It’s almost as if they waited for us to draw down our forces until they raised their heads. Who would have thought that would happen? And it doesn’t look like al Qaeda leadership had to compromise with themselves about how big their surge would be. Unlike our own politicians who thought that a compromise between the anti-war Democrats and the generals on the ground would still win the war.

Category: Terror War