Why would an Iraqi group release biographies of foreign fighters?

I think it's an ominous sign. Whenever there's an attack of this scale going on in London -- it's not just a British thing, it's a U.S. thing too, because most of the time when al Qaeda strikes, it tends to strike in multiple, simultaneous attacks.

Technology is as much a part of their lives as it is part of our lives.

It's a positive sign that more hostages were freed than were killed (in March), but it's also a reminder that being an American in Iraq is still a very dangerous position to be in.

steer clear of misleading and irrelevant hierarchical representations of non-hierarchical terrorist groups.

He's someone who's perfectly fluent in English, in Urdu, in Arabic,