The US government has been so reckless with the facts. Abu Mus`ab Az-Zarqawi has his own little gang, which is not the same as Al-Qa`idah. And we do not know the nature of the relationship, if any, between his gang and Al-Qa`idah. Similarly, Ansar Al-Islam is not Al-Qa`idah and is not the same as Abu Mus`ab's little gang. Just because they all are fanatic kooks does not mean that they are all the same group. The US government likes to mix things up and cofuse the matter; it makes deception and propaganda (and the scaring of the public) much easier.