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Originally Posted by Armistead
I think they've morphed, so spread out with different leaders and goals. Many of their sects seem to be more interested in fighting where they're.
I miss the good old days, when they ran around killing each other.
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They were never as one anyway, many groups either chose to be or found themselves listed as al-Qaeda and never had anything to do with the group. All the minor groups under the big bad umbrella! Everything that happened since 9/11 has knee-jerked toward al-Qaeda to make out that it's a huge multi-national congolmerate of terror. Yes, there was some inter-mingling and funding/training/provisions with some groups but not all.
Now, for the short-term, there will be more groups coming under this umbrella through choice and the west will see a huge* backlash in the coming months.
One old man may have been the poster boy but unfortunately there are many who will continue his ideal.
Just my opinion gained from many years ago, I have no proof I can show you.
* By huge I do not mean on the scale of 9/11, but many smaller events on lesser-fortified military/government installations.