&gt; Of course, to believe that, you also have to believe previous groups that espoused philosophies with similar conclusions (Al&#x27; Qaeda, etc) were lying - as we haven&#x27;t kill all of their members and their terrorist &amp; militant activities have fallen off.<p>Well, to be fair, for part of the time al-Qaeda was dominant in the threat list, the group now calling itself &quot;the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant&quot; was calling itself &quot;al-Qaeda in Iraq&quot;.