Al-Qaeda recruiting in plain view of the whole world

If you've watched or read the news recently then I'm sure you've heard of the protests raging throughout many Muslim countries. The protests are against the publishing of offensive cartoons depicting the Islamic prophet Muhammed. But, when you consider that the cartoons in question were published last September, questions arise as to why the protests are happening now, why not five months ago?

These protests aren't unusual, and the current protests hide two sinister purposes -

1) All this media attention on meaningless violent protests draw attention away from reall issues, such as Iran's progress toward achieving their nuclear ambitions.

2) These protests are prime recruiting camps for Al-Qaeda and similar terrorist organizations (it's naive to think that Al-Qaeda is the only one). What better place to find young Muslims already angry with western culture, and willing to express that anger in violent ways. It's not like Al-Qaeda can advertise in the local edition of Al-Jazeera. So, they incite these riots in Afghanistan and other countries, then recruiting agents start making contact with impressionable Muslim men in these mobs, and start selling them on the glory of martyrdom and virgins in heaven. Terrorism is like a virus that spreads, and so far we haven't managed to find an anti-viral agent to stop the disease.