Panetta: "That just tells us al-Qaida is committed to creating terror wherever they are"

... armed & financed by Saudi Arabia & Qatar in  chosen theaters (Syria) & fought in others!

"... the terrorist organization that launched the 9/11 attacks a dozen years ago from its haven in Afghanistan is finding new life -- and a new base -- in North Africa and Syria. Among its most recent advances:

* Terrorists with ties to al-Qaida were involved in attacks on U.S. embassies in Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen and Libya.* al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen has gone from a few hundred fighters to several thousand despite the threat of American drones. ..."