“In yet another sign of trouble for Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden publicly conceded that his like-minded militants in Iraq ‘made mistakes.’ In an audiotape broadcast by Al Jazeera this week, he sounds deeply anxious about the survival of Al Qaeda in Iraq — a group that is largely independent of his own organization but adheres to a similar ideology. Al Qaeda’s top leader appealed to Sunni Arab tribes and other armed Iraqi Sunni groups to stop fighting Al Qaeda members and unite against the real enemy — the US-led coalition. Al Qaeda in Iraq faces growing indignation from fellow Sunni Iraqis fed up with its indiscriminate killing of civilians and its Taliban-like religious laws.” [editor’s note: This of course assumes that ObL actually still lives and breathes, which is somewhat in question - SAT] (10/25/07)