Democrats Say Iraq War Isn't About Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda doesn't agree:

DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden is orchestrating militants' operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, a senior commander of Afghan Islamist group Taliban said in remarks broadcast on Wednesday.

Bin Laden has not made any video statements for many months raising speculation that he might have died.

"He is drawing plans in Iraq and Afghanistan ... Praise God he is alive," Mullah Dadullah told Al Jazeera television.

Democrats who say that the war in Iraq is a distraction from the War on Terror might want to tell the Taliban to shut up.