Al-Qaeda Says No

The U.S. is now saying that al-Qaeda is refusing to help Ansar al-Islam attack Iraqi Shi'ites. Since I had thought al-Qaeda and Ansar al-Islam were very close, this surprises me, though it may be that al-Qaeda is simply opposed to attacking the Iraqi Shi'ites as a tactical move of some kind. Still, this doesn't exactly do wonders for the Bush administration's case for war.