US apparently no longer the focus of terrorist group. Kinda like being brought to the dance and your date leaving with someone else (although we'll still get a kiss blown our way every now and then): http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-08-18/al-qaeda-plans-for-war-with-israel/ The terror group's arm in Yemen is ordering jihadists across the region to ready themselves for a war "by the Jews against Iran" that will spread across the globe, according to a new audio message. Bruce Riedel on the assassinations al Qaeda is plotting to exploit the conflictâand the new threats against America. Al Qaeda is warning its supporters and sympathizers to prepare for a new war in the Middle East, which it says will pit Israel against Iran. Al Qaedaâs franchise in Yemen, the self-styled al Qaeda in the Arabian Pennisula (AQAP), issued an audio message this month with a lecture by its second-in-command Saeed al Shehri in which he tells jihadists in the Middle East that âwhat is expected is for the war to begin by the Jews against Iran.â Israel will stage air strikes on Iranâs nuclear installations to start. Shehri expects the Iranian Shia regime to try to take advantage of an Israeli attack on its nuclear facilities to seize the holy cities of Mecca and Medina by blaming Saudi Arabia for helping Israel attack. In turn, the Israelis will seize territory in the Levant to establish âthe greater state of Israel.â The Sunni Arab population of the Middle East will be caught between the âJews in the Middle East and Iran in the Peninsula.â Iran will attack American installations in the Gulf, encourage its proxies in Iraq and Afghanistan to attack Americans, and engage in a global terror campaign. (BTW, this is what happens if you close Gitmo and send those prisoners back to their own countries.)