Is a rift developing among Al-Qaida factions?

Apparently, the Pakistani's believe that to be the case. In this remarkably well written - for the AP, no less! - article, the Pakistani's claim that there is a rift between Central Asian factions and Arab factions, of Al-Qaida. Will this be enough to eventually bring Al-Qaida down sooner than expected? Only time will tell. Go read the article - if you're like me, and don't like the usually left leaning bias of the AP, you will be pleasantly surprised.