NOW, TIME FOR SOME GOOD NEWS

Al Qaeda seems to have murdered its way out of the hearts and minds of Muslims. I noted before that killing Muslims was becoming a serious problem for the terrorist group and even the U.S government is catching on to this fact.

US officials: Al-Qaida unpopular and 'imploding'
By Pamela Hess, Associated Press Writer
USA Today

WASHINGTON — Top U.S. counterterrorism officials Monday said al-Qaida is "imploding" and that its violent tactics have turned Muslims worldwide against the organization. "Absolutely it's imploding. It's imploding because it's not a message that resonates with a lot of Muslims," said Dell Dailey, the State Department's coordinator for counterterrorism.

Al-Qaida still remains the most dangerous threat to the United States. But of growing concern are organizations like Lebanese Hezbollah and Hamas, which combine social services, local governance, national politics with extremist attacks, said Undersecretary of State James Glassman.

"These are models that have a lot more popular appeal than al-Qaida, that has almost no popular appeal," he said.

Vastly more Muslims than Westerners are killed by al-Qaida car and suicide bombs, particularly in Iraq, where local tribes have largely turned against al-Qaida in Iraq in the last two years. Extremist violence claimed more than 9,500 civilian victims in Muslim countries in 2007.