"Al-Qaeda will this year significantly step up its global operations after centralizing its leadership and reviving its financial lifelines. Crucially, al-Qaeda has developed missile and rocket technology with the capability of carrying chemical, biological and nuclear warheads." This message allegedly comes from an al-Qaeda insider speaking to Syed Saleem Shahzad, a writer for Asia Times Online. For more details on why this could be al-Qaeda's year on the offensive, go http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IC03Ak01.html