Re: It's a pretty nasty radical Islamist group
There's no disputing that.
This thread began with SDAITech1's claim that it was an Al Qaeda camp, and even US officials aren't willing to stretch that far. The initial report I heard was that the camp was supporting Iraqi operations against Iran. I've heard nothing further along those lines, and the BBC article you linked goes with the allegations of a link to Al Qaeda.
Basically, I just wanted to resist the drift away from reality--the few hard facts we know--into the dream world of speculation. It's easy to lose touch with reality amidst the fog of war.
--Robert