Jihad versus 'Long War'

This analysis by Paul Reynolds, the World Affairs Correspondent for the BBC:

Monday's bombings in Egypt fit in with the philosophy of war laid out in a 7,000-word document by Osama Bin Laden which appeared recently in the form of an audio tape.

And in turn, the tape came within weeks of the publication in February of the Pentagon's "Quadrennial Defence Review" which stated: "The United States is a nation engaged in what will be a long war."

We therefore now have two almost simultaneous documents from the leading forces in the war and they are worth comparing. Continued: Al-Qaeda jihad vs 'long war'

Mark Alexander