I guess, Andrew Milner, you must not have been listening - there is no war against Muslims...only terrorists...the majority of which right now are Muslims. A HUGE difference. The others in our world are Tamil Tigers, but they're fighting for a 'nationalistic cause', not a religious one.

roger, E Wenatchee, WA, USA

It is an outrage that bin Laden and Zawahiri are still at liberty, almost six years since 9/11, despite the billions spent on the futile wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The US should attack al-Qaeda immediately wherever they are, to fail to do so is just to drag out the misery of war.

carter, london uk, uk

I thought the war in Iraq was President Bush's brain storm to defeat al-Qaeda, and prevent them from coming over here?

Since that is now no longer a valid point, what other BS will he come up with to justify this insanity?

Is he the fool, or are we, for not having impeached him?

Mike Hermsen, Omaha, Nebraska/U.S.A.

However cynical it may sound, it is getting close to budget time in Washington, and exaggerated threats of impending doom have long been an infallible mehtod of increasing the finances and thus the power of the military, intelligence and enforcement communities, particularly in the US.

David Wilson, Territet, Switzerland

Once again Chicken Little is brought out of his "secret bunker" to run down the street screaming "Al-Qaeda is coming" in hopes that the fear of another attack will bring the disidants into line. We've been fooled to many times by this tactic to believe the White House when they cry out for us to get behind their failed policies.

Lawton Maner, Williamsburg, Va, USA

From BBC web-site... "Scientists say they have seen one of the fastest evolutionary changes ever observed in a species of butterfly.... The tropical blue moon butterfly has developed a way of fighting back against parasitic bacteria. Six years ago, males accounted for just 1% of the blue moon population on two islands in the South Pacific. But by last year, the butterflies had evolved a gene to keep the bacteria in check and male numbers were up to about 40% of the population.... We're witnessing an evolutionary arms race between the parasite and the host. This strengthens the view that parasites can be major drivers in evolution" Lessons in there in confronting terrorism. You have to a) anallyse and dismantle the arguments and beliefs that inspire people who resort to terror and b) prove your way of life is better c)I'm sure there are other lessons, but they all point away from a military solution.

Pat, Limerick, Ireland

We have got shot of Mr Blair; now is your chance Gordon to extricate us once and for all from these dangerous and going nowhere conflicts.

Mr Bush - time you went too. 6 Years on from 9/11 and we have made the situation even worse.

edwardingle, chesham,

Forget about bearded mystics in Afghanistan, Europe faces a more subtle but deadlier threat. It's in the police,immigration service, security servics, passport office, mail service, schools, airport authorities and health service. It's a wheel within a wheel, It's white collar and it's very real.

John Gibbons, Galway, Ireland

Andrew Milner , you seem remarkably ill-informed. At no stage has either leader decalred "war on 1.4 billion muslims". On the contrary I have seen many statements clearly identifying the target as the terrorost threat - or are you of the misguided belief that alll muslims must be terrorists?

ian, london, uk

How has fueling further extremism in Iraq made al-Qaeda weaker, Mr Bush??

Chris Jones, Geneva, Switzerland

maybe this white house summit was held as a warning for those that request the troops from iraq to be brought home.this technique has been used before and it had results.bush continues his policy in spite of the congress,of the american people and of the world.he's just a puppet in the hands of those that have financial interests for the war to continue.

alinutzu, herzog,

If they see more money, more training and more communications, why don't they attack the training bases, freeze the money and jam the communications ? Am I missing something. I mean, while this report is more acceptable to me than Chertoff's "gut feeling" I can't connect the dots between what we know and what we do about it. I guess I'm about as stupid as I think. Sorry.

philip tonkovich, palm springs, USA California

Declaring war on 1.4 billion Muslims worldwide, wasn't in retrospect, the smartest of moves. George, Tony, could we just have a word?

Andrew Milner, Yokohama, Kanagawa

So basically, The Bush Administration has failed to have any appreciable effect on Al Qaeda despite 6 years of military action, invading Afganistan, invading Iraq, abridging American civil rights, imprisoning hundreds of "detainees" in Cuba, and the expenditure of over $600 Billion dollars...

Thanks, George!

Mission Accomplished!

John Moore, Los Angeles, CA

Quick, We got a report in the US from a commander bush DIDN'T replace for saying we were losing, SAYING we are losing.... I know! Give them some fear, Give them a LOT of fear......

Andrew, Lisburn,

We must ask what the terrorist want from us and what we are willing to give them.

The view here is that the terrorists want ,from each of us, at the least, our home, our car and our savings. The choice is our: give this (or what it represents) to them or make them fight for it.

Cordially,
John Little

John Little, Louisville, USA/Kentucky