1.  Define the following as used in the article:
strategic, tactical, caliphate

2.  a) Who is Abu Musab Zarqawi? 
b) What is al Qaeda? 
c) Why is al Qaeda leaving Iraq?

3.  a) Who is Lt. Gen. John Vines?  
b) Why is Gen. Vines' opinion about al Qaeda so credible?

4.  a) Between what terrorist groups did Rafid al Kurdi serve as a liaison? 
b) Where is he now?

5.  a) What mistake did foreign Arab terrorists make in Iraq according to Gen. Vines? 
b) How does Gen. Vines think Zarqawi discredited himself with the Iraqi people?

6.  What do you think about the news that al Qeada is on their way out of Iraq?