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2003-03-04 Terror Networks

Mastermind fears grow: terrorism is a family practice

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Posted by Steve 2003-03-04 11:15 am|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Mastermind"

heh heh. is funny, nyet?

Posted by mojo 2003-03-04 10:59:29|| 2003-03-04 10:59:29|| Front Page Top

#2 I thought there could only be one "Mastermind"? I thought it was like....a rule? And if they're such "Masterminds" how come they always end up dead or in jail?

Posted by tu3031 2003-03-04 11:46:12|| 2003-03-04 11:46:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Now he's a masterminder. Yep, not much else to do these days but mind the ol' master.

Posted by becky 2003-03-04 12:48:19|| 2003-03-04 12:48:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Must be like "king me" in checkers?

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-03-04 12:49:42|| 2003-03-04 12:49:42|| Front Page Top

#5 United States authorities, buoyed by the capture of al-Qaeda operations chief Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, say they are worried his nephews may take over planning terrorist attacks.

Then the answer to this that it will become necessary to capture them too, even kill them, if at all possible. How difficult a concept is this?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-03-04 15:34:40|| 2003-03-04 15:34:40|| Front Page Top

#6 (T)hey are worried his nephews may take over planning terrorist attacks.

Who the f... cares? Am I just that naive that I don't see what the worry here is? Isn't the idea of taking out the "mastermind" so that command and control is crippled, morale suffers, paranoia increases, and, ideally, infighting will result as internal factions wrestle to advance their successor?

And, if you take said "mastermind" alive, you get the added bounty of intelligence on the org, creating even more chaos as they race to change their communications, and supply and finance methods.

Or am I really that naive? Surely they didn't think the whole org was just going to dry up and blow away in the wind...

Posted by Dar Steckelberg 2003-03-04 15:39:58|| 2003-03-04 15:39:58|| Front Page Top

#7 Oops--I was posting at the same time as you, Bomb-a-rama, so please don't interpret my comment as targeted at your comment.

Especially as I agree with your sentiment!

Posted by Dar Steckelberg 2003-03-04 15:41:58|| 2003-03-04 15:41:58|| Front Page Top

#8 Dar,

When we shot down Yamamoto in 1943, the war ended in...1945. Wait a minute!

I'm with you. Whatever else you think about these deranged nutballs, they are persistent. This is a fight that's going to take a long time and a lot of patience. Unfortunately, a lot of Americans are short of the latter.

Posted by Dreadnought 2003-03-04 16:40:51|| 2003-03-04 16:40:51|| Front Page Top

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