Al-Qaeda’s number two says on the new tape:

We ask Allah that [U.S. troops] only get out of [Iraq] after losing 200,000 to 300,000 killed, in order that we give the spillers of blood in Washington and Europe an unforgettable lesson.”

Actually, at current rates, it would take ql-Qaeda in Iraq many generations to accomplish that. The fact is AQI is mostly engaged in slaughtering innocent Iraqis, mostly through the use of suicide bombers in market places, schools and mosques. But if al-Qaeda can confuse the media and public on this essential point, they achieve their aim just the same.