According to this article, quoting the Times of London:

The deputy leader of Al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has urged supporters in Iraq to extend their “holy war” to other Middle Eastern countries.

In a letter sent to the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq in the past few weeks, Zawahiri claims that it is defeating U.S. forces and urges followers to expand their campaign of terror.

He conjures a vision of an Islamic state comprising Lebanon, Palestine and Syria, where Al Qaeda has already gained its first footholds.

The goal of an Islamic “greater Syria,” first outlined by Zawahiri two years ago, is detailed in the letter amid growing concern about the activities of new groups under Al Qaeda’s influence in the countries concerned.

Why not? They want the whole world and might as well start somewhere.

But because they’re such gentle souls who want nothing but peace and a new caliphate we should all rest assured this is the extent of their ambitions, right?

Why don’t we all get together at the UN and vote to give them the territories they want and then all will be sunshine and roses and we can come home from Iraq and Afghanistan without any more worries about Al Qaeda.

Of course, all the territories he wants are right at Israel’s border. Nah, they wouldn’t touch Israel. All they want is their own piece of the world and they’ll be peaceful. Heck, we can even make them members of the UN just to make sure they have peaceful intentions.

After studying his mug shot I have finally figured out what’s wrong with him. He has a dent in his forehead. Someone must have hit him hard in the head with a rock (they love to throw rocks, but not the kind of rocks we think of; what they throw are mini-boulders) and now his frontal lobes are non-functional.

I’m not sure of the other cave dweller, bin Laden.

One question: Just where exactly is the country of Palestine?