  We show that a minimal counter example to the Cherlin-Zilber Algebraicity
Conjecture for simple groups of finite Morley rank has normal 2-rank at most
two, which is a tameness free version of Borovik's original trichotomy theorem.
This result serves as a bridge by showing that there are no groups found
strictly between the generic and quasithin cases, i.e. between groups of Lie
rank at least three, and groups of Lie rank one and two. Again this result
depends upon previous work for the uniqueness case analysis.
