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Al-Qaeda Is Losing Allies Over Muslim Bloodshed

Posted Apr 24, 08 10:36 AM CDT in World 

(Newser) – The Muslim world is getting fed up with al-Qaeda, the Los Angeles Times reports, questioning its bloody tactics and ideology. Even former allies are criticizing the group for killing fellow Muslims, relying on suicide bombings, and its occasional hostility toward Palestinian groups. Second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri was concerned enough to attempt to defuse criticism recently in an online Q&A.

“Do you consider the killing of women and children to be jihad?” one man asked. Bin Laden himself went online in October to apologize for the deaths of innocents in Iraq. “We know that all of this matters to al-Qaeda,” said a White House security adviser. “They care about their image because it has real-world effects on recruitment.”

Source Los Angeles Times

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A man wearing a costume imitating al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden holds a mock assault rifle while taking pictures on a mobile phone during New Year rituals in Comanesti, Romania, Dec. 30 2007.   (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
This image taken from a video on an Islamic militant Web site shows al Qaida's Ayman al Zawahri in the inset photo surrounded by images of leaders who attended a Mideast peace conference.   (AP Photo/IntelCenter)
Ayman al-Zawahiri in a still image from a Web posting.   (AP Photo)
Osama bin Laden speaks to a selected group of reporters in the mountains of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan in this Dec. 24, 1998 file photo.   (AP Photo/Rahimullah Yousafzai, File)
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