 Zvisinei, ichidudza bhuku pamusoro peAl-Qaeda rakanyorwa naJason Burke, mutori wenhau weBritain paThe Observer, La Repubblica yakataura muna June 2005 kuti muna 2002, pamberi pokupinda muIraq, hurumende yaBush yakanga ichiti, pamwe chete nomutungamiriri wehurumende yeBritain Tony Blair, kuti Iraq yakaramba iine ukama hwepedyo neAl-Qaeda, zvikurukuru kuburikidza neAnsar al-Islam. Pepanhau reItaly rakagumisa kuti nhau yaAbu Omar yakanga iri chitsauko mukubatanidzwa kwezvemashoko ehungwaru - hondo yepfungwa - hondo yeruzivo yakaitwa neWashington neLondon kururamisa kupindirwa kweIraq. Kunewo mishumo yokuti Nasr akanga achibatanidzwa mukuronga kurwiswa kwegandanga paumishinari hweUnited States muRoma, uye aifungidzirwa kuti aibatanidzwa muchirongwa chekuputika vana vanoverengeka vevadzidzisi vekune dzimwe nyika vanopinda Chikoro cheAmerica cheMilan, kunyange zvazvo zvinyorwa zvisingabvumirani kana zvirongwa zvakadaro zvakatovapo. 