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Chart: "Leading Personalities in Al-Qaida 'Central' Branch"
2011-05-11
Posted by:Water Modem

#3  PEOPLE'S DAILY FORUM > AL-QAEDA LIKELY TO ELEVATE NO.2 [Ayman Zawahiri] - OR NAME NO ONE.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [PAK Spy Agency] ISI MULLING ACTION AGZ MULLAH OMAR, to recover semblance of credibility in the wake of harsh US Govt, Media, + Blogger, etc. criticisms being levied agz it + Islamabad after the death of Osama Bin Laden at Abbottabad; PAK ARMY CONSIDERING DEV OF MIL ACTION PLAN AGZ MULLAM OMAR WHOM IS BELIEVED TO BE HIDING = SHELTERED IN THE CITY OF QUETTA???

* SAME > US HAS TOLD PAKISTAN TO ACT AGZ LeT: ROEMER [US Amb to Indjuh].

looks like the US is bent on testing PAK claims to use mil force in defense of its sovereignty the next time the US conducts a unilateral domestic covert raid, espec iff Islamabad desires for the US Congress to keep approving US$3.0 Biyuhn a year in US Aid to Pakistan for the GWOT, AT LEAST THRU YEAR 2013 = POTUS BAMMER FIRST TERM???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-05-11 23:33  

#2  The list does not include US Govt-named, alleged AQ "rising star" + ex-PAK Commando IILYAS KASHMIRI of the HUJI MilTerr Group, from yesterday's MSM-Net News???

All thing equal, AYMAN ZAWAHIRI'S greatest single drawback to taking over fully from Osama is his AGE, despite support for him from the major AQ Affiliates [AQIM, AQI, AQAP aka AQIY, + now Al-Shabaab] as their preferred Osama successor - the only AQ Affiliates missing is AQ-in-TransJordan + AQ-in-Gaza.

* TOPIX/WORLD NEWS > VARIOUS > AWLAKI + ADAM GADAHN = "HAVE THE WILL, BUT NOT THE CREDENTIALS OR THE STATURE" [yet] widing Al-Qaeda + Radical Islam to takeover from Osama. IIUC, not yet to even challenge or oppose AYMAN ZAWAHIRI'S ASCENSION.

The above being said, Al-QAEDA = "CORE AL-QAEDA/QAIDA" is no different than any other MilTerr organization in having field forces composed mostly of young men whom want their Senior + Top Leader(s) to routinely lead from the front. IFF AYMAN DESIRES TO TAKEOVER SO-CALLED "CORE AQ'S" REINS FROM OSAMA, HE CANNOT IGNORE OR CIRCUMVENT THEM.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-05-11 20:57  

#1  So this is the #1 and all the #2's - is it significant that there are no #3's????? Can't get any more volunteers for promotion?
Posted by: Glenmore   2011-05-11 20:18  

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