Fareed Zakaria remarks that al-Qaeda began as a pan-Islamic organization and has increasingly turned into an anti-Shiite one. He compares this internal conflict to the extraordinarily bloody struggles that decimated Europe following the Protestant Reformation. I'm a little skeptical ... but it's an interesting comparison.

Ah, the old expression...

the best laid plans of extremists and terrorists...

well...muslims vs muslims and Muslims vs the World! what a combination and all these for what?

"God told me to invade Iraq", Bush the Bungler.

Perhaps the world's better if everyone would hold their religions in check.

and has increasingly turned into an anti-Shiite one

They had always been anti-Shiite, they were just distracted for a while due to imperialism. From one perspective, GWB and Co have redirected their energies back to the fighting within, in this sense, the strategy has worked very well and continue to do so.

Nothing new here folks, the conspiracy theorists within the world of Islam have always believed in the same. The hardline wahaabi may claim that Shiites are the product of the anti-Islam, and vice-versa.