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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Friday, September 11, 2009

A very weakened Al Qaeda?

I wouldn't cite this Guardian story as definitive, but their descriptions of Al Qaeda's weakened state are definitely worth a read. Organizational troubles, no real training camps, defecting foreign affiliates.... Interesting, not definitive.

Related: (NYTimes) The Pakistanis announce the arrest of Swat Taleban spokesman Muslim Khan, and several others.

The BBC makes the arrest sound bigger, "The BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad says this is a milestone for the army's operation there."

2 Comments:

  • Well I always did think the AQ threat was overblown.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:49 AM  

  • Yeah. It's always hard to define.

    The "existential threat" to the US stuff was always so overblown as to be ridiculous (except to the townhallers,) but the ability to conduct an attack is a bit more amorphous. Car bombs/train bombs, not that hard, although the really big stuff that involves international communications and coordination is probably out of reach.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 10:51 AM  

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