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| Terror Networks |
| A look inside Al Qaeda |
| 2008-04-02 |
| The militant is known as Abu Ubaida al Masri, and charting his path reveals his vulnerabilities and those of the terrorist group.... Masri's ongoing contact with foreign operatives put him in the cross hairs. U.S. forces have unleashed a flurry of airstrikes in Waziristan this year, killing a top Libyan chief, Abu Laith al Libi, and other Arab militants in late January. Recent intelligence suggests that Masri died too, officials say. But they say they have no confirmation, no Internet eulogies of the kind that celebrated Libi. Cultivating the art of survival through anonymity, Masri may have beaten the odds once again. Or it may be that, for strategic reasons, both sides want to keep his fate ambiguous as a successor emerges. The external operations chief, the senior British official said, has "the job with the lowest life expectancy in international politics." |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #2 See also TOPIX > IS OSAMA BIN LADEN AND AL QAEDA'S CENTRAL LEADERSHIP STILL RELEVANT? Article point - AQ was declared DEFEATED BEFORE IT ACTUALLY WAS, + AQ's SOPHISTICATED REGIONAL-GLOBAL ORGANZ DECENTRALIZATION, IS ITS GREATEST STRENGTH, AS WELL AS GREATEST WEAKNESS, IN FIGHTING AND WINNING ITS JIHAD. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-04-02 21:35 |
| #1 If Al Qaeda strikes the West in the coming months, it's likely the mastermind will be a stocky Egyptian explosives expert with two missing fingers Maybe another "work accident" can be arranged for him. Must make performing certain bodily functions a little difficult. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-04-02 08:59 |