Analysis - Egyptian crackdown hands al Qaeda new lease of life

LONDON (Reuters) - You would probably have to go back a decade to find a cause with such potential to mobilise jihadis worldwide in a short space of time.

With images of dying Islamist protesters in media across the globe, the unrest in Egypt plays into al Qaeda's narrative of victimisation, giving it an ideal opportunity to expand a strategy of exploiting instability it has already used in Libya, Syria and Iraq.