HYDRA PHOBIA

The Hydra was a many-headed monster from Greek mythology. If any of its heads were severed two would grow in its place.

Al Qaeda recoups post-9/11 losses: report

Leaks of a US intelligence report show Al Qaeda's operating capabilities are at their strongest since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.The report suggests the network has rebuilt itself despite a six-year campaign to dismantle it.

Al Qaeda getting stronger: experts

"It's a paradox: we have succeeded in degrading the operational capabilities of the jihadist enterprise and yet almost every assessment indicates that we are not succeeding," RAND Corp terrorism expert Brian Michael Jenkins said.

US backs Pakistan's campaign to crush militants

General Musharraf has vowed to root out extremists from every corner of the country, and the United States says it fully supports Pakistan's efforts to crush Islamic militants.

Stephen Hadley, the national security adviser to US President George W Bush says the situation is of concern to the US.

"We have seen, in the north-west territories of Pakistan, Taliban pooling, planning and training," he said.

Pakistanis baffled by US support for their corrupt military dictatorship

Well, it could have something to do with the fact that Musharraf’s regime has supported the Taliban and Al Qaeda which are the boogy-men needed to wage the phony War on Terror and that the Pakistani ISI, which has trained Al Qaeda, is a front for CIA’s plausible denialability.

Then there was the little matter of ISI Gen Mahmoud Ahmed, who had wired Mohammed Atta money, and who was meeting with the Senate Intelligence Committee on the morning of 9/11. But the 9/11 Commission didn’t think that merited investigation.