From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

Al-Qaeda is making a comeback.

I'm Judy Mueller, sitting in for Warren Olney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

a daily look at the issues Americans care

about most. The flags of al-Qaeda have been seen flying over the Iraqi cities of Fallujah and

Ramadi in recent days. Cities where at least 100 American troops died during the war in Iraq.

How do U.S. veterans feel about the resurgence of al-Qaeda? What's it say about the sectarian

violence raging

across the Middle East, from Beirut to Baghdad? And what should the U.S. do about it, if

anything? The civil war between Sunnis and Shiites has made the Middle East, in the words of one

commentator, catastrophically tumultuous. On today's talking point, are you still holding on to your

VCR? A cell phone that's not so smart?

You're not alone, but your ranks are shrinking.

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I'm Judy Mueller, sitting in for Warren Allney, back with To the Point. Coming up, CRW and from the Public Radio International Program Fund.

I'm Judy Mueller, sitting in for Warren Allney, back with To the Point.

Coming up, Al-Qaeda is staging a resurgence from Iraq to Syria to Lebanon.

How did this happen?

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