All about Al Qaeda....

The WaPo has a frontpage, 20,000 foot view of the hunt for Bin Laden. The short version is that a frustrated US has somewhat abandoned the immediate search for Bin Laden and has begun tracking/trageting lower level Al Qaeda figures in the hopes they will lead back to Bin Laden. (It's a pretty interesting read, although I'm not really sure how killing Al Qaeda figures with drones leads to Bin Laden.)

(AP/CNN) The most recent drone/missile attack in Pakistan reportedly killed the Al Qaeda figure in charge of operations in the tribal regions as well as three other non-Pakistani lower level figures. However, the target, who wasn't there, was a top Taleban figure who plays a role in Afghanistan. (I guess you can't swing a dead cat in the tribal regions without hitting somebody.)

(WaPo) New Pakistani PM Zardari and Afghan president Karzai appeared together promising a "new cooperation."

And, (WaPo) General Petraeus says Iraq is still the "central front" against terrorism. (Has anyone based in Iraq ever conducted foreign terrorism against the West? Has the US ever captured someone in Iraq who has conducted terrorism against the West?)