Startegy Page says that the number of Al Qaeda volunteers has dropped significantly. The main reason invoked for this is bad news, and some survivors, coming back from Iraq.

“The sharp drop in suicide bombings in Iraq is partly due to the decline in foreign al Qaeda volunteers coming into Iraq. The recruiting, mostly in Saudi Arabia and North Africa, preys on the unique social conditions in those areas. Namely, high birth rates and high unemployment. This produces a lot of younger sons who are unemployed, unmarried and face a dim future.”[STRATEGYPAGE]

Is this the start of the Terrorist Tet that some people have been predicting? Are they trying to imitate the North Vietnamese strategy of 40 years ago?

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