Al Qaeda in Iraq

The most recent beheading of Nick Berg by Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi is proof that Al Qaeda is operating in Iraq. In fact, Reuters reported that Al Qaeda's top leader in Saudi Arabia, Abdulzaziz al-Muqrin, said "In our jihad in the Arabia peninsula, we are serving the Iraqi cause and helping the mujahidin there who we are in constant contact with and are supporting...We seek to confuse the enemy, keep it occupied in its rear bases and foil its future plans with its Arab allies and despots."