Parts One and Two of the Josh Marshall interview of Al Qaeda expert Peter Bergen a worth a read.
Josh is spelling Al Qaeda differently: Al Qaida. For my sake, could someone post all the different spellings of the name and explain why they are different (paging Dr. Weevil). This new world is confusing. We didn’t have to fight Nasis, Nazis, and Nahtzees, or Kommunists, communists, or calmunists, so this whole spelling thing is really killing me.