Is al-Qaeda winning the battle? Seven years after 9/11, the taunting continues.

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By Owen Bennett-Jones
BBC World Service

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Pakistan believes al-Qaeda's presence has been massively reduced
Seven years after 9/11, the taunting continues.

"Leave us alone to establish the Islamic Shura state which will unite the Muslims of the earth in truth and justice," said a recent al-Qaeda webcast.

"A single word of American protest will be silenced by a thousand Islamic bombs."

But since that morning in 2001, al-Qaeda has not landed one blow inside the United States - and this year the head of the CIA said the group had suffered "strategic defeat."

So how strong is al-Qaeda?

'Collective losers'