Al-Qaeda Five Years On: The Threat and the Challenges.

8th November 2006
By Maha Azzam

Since the attack on the Twin Towers on September 11th 2001, both those who sanctioned and organised the atrocity, and those who initiated the War on Terror have succeeded in fomenting a long drawn out battle that has opened up many fronts. While the West now faces a terrorist threat that comes from within its borders and which impinges on community relations and civil liberties, al- Qaeda itself is facing a very serious challenge to its legitimacy and potential popularity from…