Al-Qa'eda 'as strong today as it was on 9/11'

DAILY TELEGRAPH - "Core" al-Qa'eda is proving adaptable and resilient and has retained the ability to plan and co-ordinate large-scale attacks in the Western world, says the Strategic Survey published yesterday by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).Nigel Inkster, a former director for operations and intelligence for MI6, who contributed to the al-Qa'eda section of the report, said it showed that the tactics being used in the war on terrorism were proving ineffective.
"The bottom line is that for six years the United States and its allies have been struggling to eliminate this threat and it is becoming increasingly clear that they have not succeeded in doing so," said Mr Inkster.
The report argues that the challenge for governments in Western and Muslim countries was to "confront" extremist ideology that gives rise to the terrorism promoted by al-Qa'eda and affiliates. They must tackle, for example, Muslim views of being victims of non-Muslim aggression.