Is this bad news or good news?

Osama Urging Zarqawi to Attack Inside U.S.:
"The Homeland Security Department issued a classified bulletin to officials over the weekend about the intelligence, which spokesman Brian Roehrkasse described Monday as 'credible but not specific.'"

The tone of this AP story on NewsMax.com suggests that this means increased danger for us here in the US. It seems to me rather to indicate, if it is true at all, that the Pakistanis are correct in their assessment that Al Qaeda is no longer operational in Pakistan and Afghanistan. If it were, there would be other assests tasked with taking the war to the US proper while Zarqawi continues to harass US, allied and Iraqi interests in Iraq. That, or we would pick up some indication that other leadership was being provided for the fight in Iraq.