We (the US) created Al Qaida, Hubster, and as you yourself have noted, their activities are a direct response to US and British (and a the coalition of the coerced) meddling in the affairs of other people's countries. Time to wake up and smell the coffee. Al Qaida won't go away (in fact, they will continue to grow bigger and stronger) until we stop stealing other people's stuff and destroying their countries (and killing massive numbers of their civilians).