[xoxoxoBruce]

Bush & Co are in the habit of calling every terrorist/insurgent cell, Al Qaeda with the equivalency of 'bad guys'.
To confuse the issue more, many of the cells are calling themselves Al Qaeda, in an effort to give themselves street creds and to manipulate the press... something they are very good at.

That said, to the combat commanders, it doesn't make any difference what you call them, or they call themselves. The commanders only have to know who's shooting at them and not fuck with people who are not. They know they can't win this war, only the Iraqis can do that.

The 1920s Brigade are not our friends. Currently they are working with US troops, in some areas, where they don't have the ways and means to oust the oppressive, Iranian backed groups. But as soon as that's accomplished, they want us out and they feel that's much easier than ridding themselves of Islamic invaders.

European, Middle Eastern, or Asian contractors, couldn't do the job either. It behooves the 'bad guys' to disrupt as much infrastructure and services as they can. With millions of troops, it would still be impossible to guard everything, all the time. It's much faster and easier to destroy shit than to build it.