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North Africa, and Africa in general, have proved inhospitable for al Qaeda. Nigeria and Somalia have witnessed a lot of Islamic radicalism of late, but not much hospitality for the terrorists, even among Moslems. Europe has been a comfortable place for al Qaeda members to hide out. But the minute they start to put operations together, they bump up against some very professional intelligence organizations. And every time another al Qaeda member gets arrested in Europe, more European Moslems wish al Qaeda would go away, and stay away.
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The challenge for al Qaeda in Iraq would be even more daunting than those raw numbers suggest. While the organization has some support among Sunni Arabs there, opinion even among that segment of the population is surprisingly negative.
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[T]he huge political boost achieved by Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shiite organization, during the last engagement with Israel represents a major challenge for al Qaeda. "Al Qaeda has been overshadowed by Hezbollah. The only way to regain the limelight is to focus its attention on the Palestinian issue," said Gerges.
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...Another Islamist leader, a Cairene pediatrician named Ayman al-Zahahiri, fled to Afghanistan, where he led members of Islamic Jihad in joining the transnational terrorist organization known as al-Qaeda. Despite government initiatives to control the problem, domestic terrorism remains a threat to Egypt's stability.
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