Al Qaeda In Iraq

Building off analysis by Myriam Benraad, Joel Wing estimates the terrorist group's staying power:

Benraad believes that Al Qaeda in Iraq willstill be around for the foreseeable future. One reason is that thegroup is largely Iraqi now. At first, it was mostly made up of and ledby foreigners like Zarqawi and Masri. Today it is almost all locals. Another factor is that in June 2009 U.S. forces withdrew from Iraq'scities. That gave more room for the Islamists to operate in. TheAmericans are due...