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Originally Posted by Armistead
Osama is really not a tactical player anymore, just a figurehead. We may see a rise in terror, but the fact is the group is spread and multilayered now. Anytime you shut down the owner, all the managers go into business for themselves. They're always planning attacks, him dead doesn't change anything except they may try some sooner, but that will also expose other top leaders.
We should do like biblical days, cut his head off and run it up a flag pole at the World Trade Center site
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Indeed. Bin Laden's heir apparent, Ayman al-Zawahri, is a harsh, divisive figure who lacks the mystique that bin Laden used to hold together Al-Qaida's various factions. So, probably the greatest terrorist threat to the U.S. is now the newer and more energetic Al-Qaida franchise in Yemen, far from their current core in Pakistan. Like Hamas and Hezbollah they will keep morphing.
But I'll still enjoy the moment.
